# 姨

| 姨 | U+59E8, &#23016; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E8 |
| ← 姧 [U+59E7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姩 → [U+59E9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姨 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女大弓 (VKN), four-corner 4543$_2$, composition ⿰女夷)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6222
* Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 12
* Unihan data for U+59E8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 姨
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 桋 | *l'iːl, *lil |
| 荑 | *l'iːl, *lil |
| 銕 | *l'iːl, *l̥ʰiːd |
| 鴺 | *l'iːl, *lil |
| 鮧 | *l'iːl, *lil |
| 洟 | *l̥ʰiːls, *lil |
| 羠 | *ljilʔ, *lil |
| 咦 | *hril |
| 夷 | *lil |
| 姨 | *lil |
| 痍 | *lil |
| 峓 | *lil |
| 恞 | *lil |
| 眱 | *lil |
| 蛦 | *lil |
| 胰 | *lil, *lɯ |
| 跠 | *lil |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lil) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 夷 (OC *lil).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yí (yi$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йи (yi, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji$^4$ / ji$^{4-1}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yi$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): i$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yì
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): i$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ì
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): î
    (Teochew, Peng'im): i$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yí
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yí
*** Wade–Giles: i$^2$
*** Yale: yí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
*** Palladius: и (i)
*** Sinological IPA : /i³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (姨兒／姨儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yír
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yír
*** Wade–Giles: i$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yír
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yel
*** Palladius: ир (ir)
*** Sinological IPA : /iə̯ɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: i
*** Sinological IPA : /i²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йи (yi, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /i²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^4$ / ji$^{4-1}$
*** Yale: yìh / yī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^4$ / ji$^{4-1}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^4$ / yi$^{4-1}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²¹/, /jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ji²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: i$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /i³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: i$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /i¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ì
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
*** Tâi-lô: î
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: i$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: î
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yi
*** MiniDict: yi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: i$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /i¹³/
* Middle Chinese: yij
Rime :
| Character | 姨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以脂切 |
| Baxter | yij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ji/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /jɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ji/ |
| Li Rong | /i/ |
| Wang Li | /ji/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*lil/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14863 |
| Phonetic component | 夷 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 姨 |
| Old Chinese | /*lil/ |

### Definitions

姨
* maternal aunt (mother's sister)
    二姨 ― èr yí ― mother's second eldest sister
* sister-in-law (wife's sister)
* aunt (a term of address for a woman around one's mother's age or slightly younger)
* (historical) father's concubine

#### Synonyms

* (maternal aunt):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 從母 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姨母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姨媽 §, 姨兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 阿姨, 姨媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 姨娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 姨娘 §, 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 阿姨 <, 姨媽 > |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 姨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 姨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 姨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 姨媽 >, 姨 < |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 姨娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 姨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 姨媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 姨媽, 姨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 姨娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 姨媽 >, 姨姨 <, 姨娘 Hui |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 姨媽, 娘娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 姨, 姨娘, 姨媽 §, 小姨 < |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 姨媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 姨媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 姨媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 姨, 姨媽 >, 姨娘 < |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 姨媽 >, 姨娘 < |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 姨娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <, 姨姨 < |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 姨媽 §, 姨娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨仔 < |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨姨 < |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 大姨, 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 大姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Macau | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 姨母 >, 姨姐仔 < |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 大姨母 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 姨母 >, 姨媽 >, 姨姐 <, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 姨母 >, 姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 姨媽 >, 姨仔 < |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 姨母 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿姨, 姨媽 > |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 姨母 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 大姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿姨, 大姨 >, 姨仔 < |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 姨 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 姨媽, 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 大姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 𡜵奶 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 𡜵奶 >, 姨 < |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 姨母, 阿母, 阿姨, 阿娘 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 姨婆娘, 大姨, 細姨 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 姨婆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 姨媽, 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 阿姨 <, 姨媽 > |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姨, 姨娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 姨, 大姨 >, 小姨 < |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 姨娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 大姨 >, 姨仔 < |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 大姨 >, 姨仔 < |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 大姨, 晚姨 < |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 姨, 姨奶 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 大姨 >, 阿大姨 >, 姨仔 <, 阿姨仔 < |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿姨 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 姨 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 姨 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 姨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姨 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 姨姨 non-face-to-face, 姨姨啊 face-to-face |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 姨 |
| Jin | Linhe | 姨姨 |
| Jin | Jining | 姨 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 姨姨 |
| Jin | Baotou | 姨 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 姨 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 姨媽 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嫲仔, 姨嫲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依姨, 姨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 依姨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 大姨 >, 姨囝 < |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 依姨 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 大姨 >, 細姨 < |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 姨 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 姨 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 姨奶 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 姨奶 >, 阿姨 < |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 姨奶 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依姨 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 姨姨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿姨, 姨 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿姨, 姨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 姨仔 >, 細姨 < |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿姨, 母姨 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 姨 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 尼姨, 姨, 姨囝, 阿姨, 阿尼姨 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 姨母, 阿姨 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿姨 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿姨 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 姨母 >, 姨姐 < |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 娘, 阿娘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 姨媽, 阿姨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 娘姨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 娘姨娒娒 >, 阿姨 < |
| Wu | Danyang | 姨娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 姨娘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 姨嬤 >, 姨娘 >, 阿姨 < |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿娘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 姨娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姨媽 §, 姨子 not § |
| Xiang | Loudi | 大姨娘 >, 姨唧 < |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 大大娘 >, 姨基 < |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 姨娘 >, 大娘 >, 姨唧 < |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 姨, 娘娘 |
| Note | § - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister | § - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister |

#### Compounds

* 兩姨／两姨
* 兩姨親／两姨亲
* 八姨
* 公家婆姨
* 十八姨
* 堂姨 (tángyí)
* 大姨 (dàyí)
* 大姨媽／大姨妈 (dàyímā)
* 大姨子 (dàyízi)
* 大姨爹
* 姨丈 (yízhàng)
* 姨丈人
* 姨兄
* 姨兒／姨儿 (yír)
* 姨公 (yígōng)
* 姨太
* 姨夫
* 姨太太 (yítàitai)
* 姨夫錢／姨夫钱
* 姨奶
* 姨奶奶
* 姨姐 (yíjiě)
* 姨妹 (yímèi)
* 姨姨 (yíyí)
* 姨娘 (yíniáng)
* 姨婆 (yípó)
* 姨媽／姨妈 (yímā)
* 姨弟
* 姨昆弟
* 姨母 (yímǔ)
* 姨父
* 姨爹 (yídiē)
* 姨甥 (yíshēng)
* 姨表 (yíbiǎo)
* 娘姨
* 娣媵
* 婆姨 (póyí)
* 封十八姨
* 封姨
* 封家姨
* 小姨 (xiǎoyí)
* 小姨娘
* 小姨子 (xiǎoyízi)
* 師姨／师姨
* 杜十姨
* 痴姨
* 紅姨／红姨
* 細姨／细姨 (xìyí)
* 邢姨
* 阿姨 (āyí)
* 阿梨姨
* 風姨／风姨
* 鬍子阿姨／胡子阿姨

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i)
* Kan-on: い (i)
* Kun: おば (oba, 姨)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 姨
* い Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 姨 (MC yij).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]

#### Noun

姨(い) • (i)
* a wife's sister; more specifically, a wife's younger sister
* a mother's sister, a maternal aunt
* a mistress (extramarital female lover); more specifically, a father's mistress

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 姨
* いもしゅうとめ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 姨 – see the following entry. :
| 【妹姑いもしゅうとめ】 | [noun] a wife's sister |
(This term, 姨, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

姨 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

姨: Hán Nôm readings: di, dì
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