美姫

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
美 姫
び
Grade: 3		 き
Grade: S
kan’on

First appears in texts from the early 1800s, in a snippet purportedly from the Chinese classic Records of the Grand Historian.[1] Ultimately from Middle Chinese 美姬 (MC mˠiɪX kɨ, literally “beautiful + (feminine) beauty”). Compare Min Nan reading bí kì.

Pronunciation

Noun

美(び)姫(き) • (biki) 

  1. a beautiful woman

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
美 姫
み
Grade: 3		 き
Grade: S
goon

Attachment of felicitous characters to the existing feminine name Miki.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mʲikʲi]

Proper noun

美(み)姫(き) • (Miki) 

  1. a female given name

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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