姉

See also: 姊 and 姐
姉 U+59C9, 姉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59C9
← 姈
[U+59C8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姊 →
[U+59CA]

Translingual
Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character

姉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女十月 (VJB) or 女卜中月 (VYLB), composition ⿰女巿 (GH) or ⿰女市 (TJKV))

References
  • KangXi: page 258, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6165
  • Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1029, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+59C9

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 姉 – see 姊 (“elder sister; etc.”).
(This character, 姉, is a variant form of 姊.)

Japanese

Kanji
姉

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. older sister

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
姉
あね
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
姐
姊

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Pronunciation

    Noun

    姉(あね) • (ane) 

    1. elder sister

    Usage notes
    • This term conveys neither positive nor negative connotations and is often used in objective narrations. However, using it to describe someone the speaker knows personally is often considered lacking respect, where more polite forms like お姉(ねえ)さん (onēsan) are preferred.

    Synonyms

    Coordinate terms

    References
    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    Korean
    For pronunciation and definitions of 姉 – see 姊 (“elder sister; etc.”).
    (This character, 姉, is a variant form of 姊.)

    Miyako

    Kanji

    姉

    Readings

    Noun

    姉 (hiragana あんが, romaji anga)

    1. older sister

    Vietnamese

    Nom glyph origin

    Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 女 (nữ, “woman”) + phonetic 市 (thị)

    Han character

    姉: Hán Việt readings: tỷ[1][2][3]
    姉: Nôm readings: chị[1][4]

    Noun
    1. Nôm form of chị (“elder sister, corresponding pronoun”).

    References
    1. Trần (2004).
    2. Trần (1999).
    3. Nguyễn (1974).
    4. Nguyễn (2014).
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