姐

姐

See also: 姊 and 姉

姐 U+59D0, 姐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D0 ← 姏 [U+59CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 姑 → [U+59D1]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

姐 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月一 (VBM), four-corner 4741₀, composition ⿰女且)

References

• KangXi: page 258, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6172
• Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1036, character 8
• Unihan data for U+59D0

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Chinese

trad.		姐
simp. #		姐
alternative forms		媎 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姐
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsjaːʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiě (jie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze², ze^2-1, ze^2-4
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiá
• Min Dong (BUC): ciā
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiá / ché

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zia² / zê²

• Wu (Wiktionary): ji (T2); jia (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiě
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³
    • Yale: jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiee
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (姐兒／姐儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiěr
    • Wade–Giles: chierh³
    • Yale: jyěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieel
    • Palladius: цзер (czer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛɻ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze², ze^2-1, ze^2-4
    • Yale: jé, jē, jèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze², dze^2-1, dze^2-4
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé², zé^2-1, zé^2-4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³⁵/, /t͡sɛː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/, /t͡sɛː³⁵⁻²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiá
    • Hakka Romanization System: jia`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jia³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕi̯a³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiá / ché
    • Tâi-lô: tsiá / tsé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciar, zea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia⁵³/, /t͡se⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡se⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia⁵³/, /t͡se⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia⁵³/, /t͡se⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia⁴¹/, /t͡se⁴¹/

Note:

• chiá - literary;
• ché - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zia² / zê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiá / tsé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia⁵²/, /t͡se⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ji (T2); jia (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁴/, /t͡ɕia̱³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sia^X/

Rime
Character	姐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	兹野切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siaX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siaX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siaX/
Li Rong	/t͡siaX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsjaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姐
Reading #	1/1
No.	10376
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	姐
Old Chinese	/*ʔsjaːʔ/

Definitions

姐

1. elder sister

   姐姐  ―  jiějiě  ―  elder sister

   姐妹  ―  jiěmèi  ―  sisters

2. woman; lady; madame

   小姐  ―  xiǎojiě  ―  young lady, Miss

3. (dialectal) mother

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姐姐 (“elder sister”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		姊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姐姐
Mandarin	Beijing	姐姐, 姐
	Taiwan	姐姐
	Ulanhot	大姐
	Tongliao	大姐
	Chifeng	姐姐
	Bayanhot	姐姐
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	大姐
	Harbin	姐姐
	Shenyang	姐姐
	Yantai (Muping)	姐
	Jinan	姐姐
	Luoyang	姐
	Wanrong	姐
	Zhengzhou	姐
	Xi'an	姐
	Yinchuan	姐姐
	Lanzhou	姐姐
	Xining	姐姐, 姐
	Ürümqi	姐姐, 阿姐 Hui
	Wuhan	姐姐
	Huanggang	姐
	Chengdu	姐姐, 姐
	Guiyang	姐
	Kunming	姐姐
	Liuzhou	姐, 阿姐
	Xuzhou	姐姐
	Yangzhou	姐姐
	Nanjing	姐姐
	Hefei	姐姐
	Nantong	姐姐
	Malaysia	姐姐
	Singapore	姐姐
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	姐姐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姐姐, 家姐, 阿姐, 大姊
	Hong Kong	家姐, 姐姐
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	大姊
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	家姐
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	阿姐
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿姐
	Macau	家姐
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	阿家 ><, 家姐 <>
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿大 ><, 姐姐 ><, 大姊 <>
	Foshan	家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	大姊
	Foshan (Shunde)	家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
	Foshan (Sanshui)	家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿姐 ><
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	阿家 ><, 大姊 <>
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	阿姐
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿姐
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿姐
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿姐
	Taishan	阿姊
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿姐
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿姊
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿家
	Dongguan	家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	大姊, 姊 ><
	Shaoguan	家姐, 阿姐
	Yunfu	阿姐, 大姐
	Yangjiang	大姊, 大姐, 阿姐
	Xinyi	阿𡜵, 大𡜵
	Lianjiang	大姊, 姐姐
	Danzhou	姊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	家姐
	Singapore (Guangfu)	家姐
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	家姐
Gan	Nanchang	姐姐, 姐
	Lichuan	霞姊
	Pingxiang	姐姐
Hakka	Meixian	阿姊
	Xingning	阿姊
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿姐
	Huiyang	阿姊
	Huidong (Daling)	阿姊
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿姐
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿姐
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿姐
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	阿姐
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	阿姐
	Wuhua (Changbu)	阿姐
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	阿姐
	Wuhua (Meilin)	阿姐
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	阿姊
	Wengyuan	阿姊
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	姊姊
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	阿姊
	Liannan	阿姊
	Conghua (Lütian)	阿姊
	Jiexi	阿姊
	Luhe	阿姊
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	阿姊
	Changting	姊姊, 姊里
	Wuping	老姊
	Wuping (Yanqian)	阿姊
	Wuping (Pingyu)	姊
	Liancheng	嫫姐
	Ninghua	姊姊
	Yudu	姊姊
	Ningdu	姊姊
	Ruijin	姐姐
	Shicheng	姊姊
	Shangyou (Shexi)	姊姊
	Tonggu (Sandu)	姊姊
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	大姊
	Dayu	姊佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿姊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿姊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿姊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿姊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿姊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿姊
	Hong Kong	阿姐
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	阿姊
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	阿姊
	Xinyi (Sihe)	大姊
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	阿姊
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	阿姊
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	阿姊
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	阿姊
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	阿姊
	Mengshan (Xihe)	姐
	Luchuan	姊
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿姊
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿姊
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	阿姊
	Singkawang	阿姊
Huizhou	Jixi	姐姐, 姐
	Shexian	姐姐
	Tunxi	姐兒
	Xiuning	阿姐
	Yixian	姐姐
	Qimen	姐兒
	Wuyuan	姐, 姐姐
	Fuliang	姐, 姐姐
	Dexing	姊
Jin	Taiyuan	姐姐
	Pingyao	大大
	Xinzhou	姐姐, 姐姐啊, 呀姐
	Taibus (Baochang)	姐姐
	Linhe	姐姐
	Jining	姐姐
	Hohhot	姐姐
	Baotou	姐姐
	Dongsheng	姐姐
	Haibowan	姐姐
Min Bei	Jian'ou	姊仔, 姊姊
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	阿姊
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	阿姊
	Jianyang	姊仔
	Wuyishan	姊仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	阿姊
Min Dong	Fuzhou	依姐
	Changle	依姐
	Fuqing	阿姊
	Yongtai	依姐
	Gutian	姐
	Fu'an	姊哥
	Ningde	姊
	Shouning	阿姊
	Zhouning	阿姊
	Fuding	阿姊
	Matsu	依姐
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿姊, 阿姊仔, 姊仔
	Quanzhou	阿姊, 姊
	Jinjiang	阿姊
	Yongchun	阿姊, 大姊
	Dehua	阿姊
	Zhangzhou	阿姊
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	大姊
	Zhangpu	阿姊
	Zhao'an	姊
	Taipei	阿姊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿姊
	Kaohsiung	阿姊
	Yilan	阿姊
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿姊
	Taichung	阿姊
	Tainan	阿姊
	Hsinchu	阿姊
	Kinmen	俺姊
	Penghu (Magong)	阿姊
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿姊, 姊, 姊姊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大姊, 阿姊
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿姊
	Zhangping	姐
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	俺姐
	Datian	阿姐
	Chaozhou	阿姐
	Shantou	姐
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	阿姐
	Jieyang	阿姐
	Haifeng	姐姐
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿姐
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿姐
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿姐
	Leizhou	尼姊, 姊
	Wenchang	姐, 大姊, 阿姐
	Haikou	阿姐, 大姊
	Singapore (Hainanese)	阿姐
Puxian Min	Putian	阿姊
	Xianyou	阿咍, 阿姊
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	家 ><, 大姐 <>
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姐, 千金小 euphemistic
Shehua	Fu'an	阿姊
	Fuding	阿姊
	Luoyuan	阿姊
	Sanming	阿姊
	Shunchang	阿姊
	Hua'an	阿姊
	Guixi (Zhangping)	阿姊
	Cangnan	姊
	Jingning	阿姊
	Lishui	姊
	Longyou	阿姊
	Chaozhou	阿姊
	Fengshun	阿姊
Wu	Shanghai	姐姐, 阿姐, 姊姊, 阿姊
	Shanghai (Chongming)	阿姐, 姐姐
	Suzhou	阿姐, 姐姐
	Wuxi	阿姊, 姐姐
	Danyang	姐姐
	Hangzhou	阿姐, 姐姐
	Ningbo	阿姐, 阿姊, 姐姐, 姊姊
	Wenzhou	阿姹, 阿姐
	Jinhua	姊姊兒, 姊姊
Xiang	Changsha	姐姐
	Loudi	姐姐, 姊姊
	Shuangfeng	姐姐
Note	>< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

Compounds

千金小姐 大姐 (dàjiě) 大姐姐 大阿姐 姐夫 (jiěfu) 姐妹 (jiěmèi) 姐妹花 (jiěmèihuā) 姐姐 (jiějie) 姨姐 (yíjiě)

家姐 (jiājiě) 小姐 (xiǎojiě) 御姐 (yùjiě) 林投姐 空中小姐 (kōngzhōng xiǎojiě) 空姐 (kōngjiě) 老大姐 (lǎodàjiě) 表姐 (biǎojiě) 表姐妹 (biǎojiěmèi)

阿姐 (ājiě) 大姐頭／大姐头 姐兒／姐儿 (jiěr) 小姐們兒／小姐们儿 師姐／师姐 (shījiě) 窯姐兒／窑姐儿 (yáojiěr) 老姐妹兒／老姐妹儿 髮姐／发姐 鳳姐／凤姐 (fèngjiě)

Descendants

• → Thai: เจ๊ (jée, “older sister”) / เจ้ (jêe, “older sister”) (said by Chinese race; now more general)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶
    • Yale: geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/

Definitions

姐

1. (archaic) Alternative form of 㜘 (jù, “pampered; spoiled”).

   • 恃愛肆姐，不訓不師。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     恃爱肆姐，不训不师。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 262, Ji Kang (嵇康), A Poem on My Indignation in Confinement (《幽憤詩》). English translation by Stephen Owen and Wendy Swartz.

     Shì ài sì jù, bù xùn bù shī. [Pinyin]

     On account of their love, I had free rein and became spoiled,
     Following neither formal tutelage nor teacher.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 姐 – see 啫 (“only; just; simply; merely; etc.”). (This character, 姐, is a variant form of 啫.)

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Japanese

Kanji

姐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha)
• Kun: あね (ane, 姐); あねご (anego); ねえさん (neesan, 姐さん)

Noun

姐(あね) • (ane) 

1. Alternative form of 姉

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Korean

Hanja

姐 • (jeo) (hangeul 저)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姐: Hán Nôm readings: thư, tỉ, tả

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