姿

姿	U+59FF, 姿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59FF

← 姾
[U+59FE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

娀 →
[U+5A00]

Translingual

Han character

姿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈人女 (IOV) or 一人女 (MOV), four-corner 3740₄, composition ⿱次女)

Related characters

次盗

References

KangXi: page 261, character 22

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6257

Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 25

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 6

Unihan data for U+59FF

Chinese

trad.		姿
simp. ^#		姿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
咨	*ʔsli
資	*ʔsli
姿	*ʔsli
粢	*ʔsli
諮	*ʔsli
恣	*ʔslis
澬	ʔsli, zli
趑	*sʰli
蠀	*sʰli
次	*sn̥ʰis
佽	*sl̥ʰis
絘	*sl̥ʰis
薋	*zli
瓷	*zli
茨	*zli
餈	*zli
垐	zli, zlɯɡ
楶	*ʔsliːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsli) : phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zī (zi¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂
Min Dong (BUC): cṳ̆
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chir / chu
(Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zih
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
  - Yale: dz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
  - Tâi-lô: tsir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
  - Tâi-lô: tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡siɪ/

Rime
Character	姿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/
Li Rong	/t͡si/
Wang Li	/t͡si/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姿
Reading #	1/1
No.	1787
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

Definitions

姿

manner; carriage; bearing
looks; appearance

Compounds

中姿
仙姿
仙姿玉色
多彩多姿 (duōcǎiduōzī)
天姿 (tiānzī)
姱姿
姿姿媚媚
姿媚
姿色 (zīsè)
姿首
婀娜多姿 (ēnuóduōzī)
媚姿姿
掩映生姿
搔首弄姿
毛施淑姿
淑姿
瑰姿
神姿
舞姿 (wǔzī)

花柳之姿
英姿 (yīngzī)
蒲柳之姿 (púliǔzhīzī)
郎才女姿
雄姿 (xióngzī)
丰姿
多姿多采
多采多姿 (duōcǎi-duōzī)
丰姿冶麗／丰姿冶丽
丰姿綽約／丰姿绰约
低姿勢／低姿势
低姿態／低姿态 (dīzītài)
國色天姿／国色天姿
天姿國色／天姿国色
姿勢／姿势 (zīshì)
姿態／姿态 (zītài)
姿質／姿质 (zīzhì)
嬌姿／娇姿
搔頭弄姿／搔头弄姿

搖曳生姿／摇曳生姿
擺姿勢／摆姿势
濁質凡姿／浊质凡姿
瓊姿／琼姿
絢麗多姿／绚丽多姿
綽約多姿／绰约多姿
英姿煥發／英姿焕发
英姿邁往／英姿迈往
英姿颯爽／英姿飒爽
豔姿／艳姿
顧影弄姿／顾影弄姿
顧盼生姿／顾盼生姿
風姿／风姿 (fēngzī)
風姿瀟灑／风姿潇洒
風姿綽約／风姿绰约
颯爽英姿／飒爽英姿
鶴骨松姿／鹤骨松姿
龍章鳳姿／龙章凤姿
龍鳳之姿／龙凤之姿

Japanese

Shinjitai	姿
Kyūjitai [1]	姿󠄁 姿+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	姿󠄄 姿+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

姿

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

figure, shape

Readings

Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kun: すがた (sugata, 姿, Jōyō)
Nanori: かた (kata); しな (shina); たか (taka)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
姿
すがた Grade: 6
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すがた [súꜜgàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

姿(すがた) • (sugata)

figure, appearance, form, aspect, shape
刻(こく)々(こく)と姿(すがた)を変(か)える雲(くも)
kokukoku to sugata o kaeru kumo
the clouds, continuously changing their shape
着(き)物(もの)姿(すがた)を見(み)せる
kimono-sugata o miseru
to present one's kimonoed self
○○の愛国者(あいこくしゃ)としての姿(すがた)
○○ no aikokusha to shite no sugata
the aspect of X as a patriot

References

1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

姿 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha)

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Okinawan

Kanji

姿

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Kun: すがい (sugai, 姿)

Compounds

沖縄姿 (うちなーすがい) (uchināsugai)

Vietnamese

Han character

姿: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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[1] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN