# 姐

| 姐 | U+59D0, &#22992; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D0 |
| ← 姏 [U+59CF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姑 → [U+59D1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姐 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月一 (VBM), four-corner 4741$_0$, composition ⿰女且)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姐 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 / 形声, OC *ʔsjaːʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiě (jie$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ze$^2$ / ze$^{2-1}$ / ze$^{2-4}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiá
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciā
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiá / ché
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zia$^2$ / zê$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ci; $^5$cia
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiě
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiě
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^3$
*** Yale: jyě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiee
*** Palladius: цзе (cze)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (姐兒 / 姐儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiěr
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiěr
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jyěr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieel
*** Palladius: цзер (czer)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛɻ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ze$^2$ / ze$^{2-1}$ / ze$^{2-4}$
*** Yale: jé / jē / jèh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dze$^2$ / dze$^{2-1}$ / dze$^{2-4}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zé$^2$ / zé$^{2-1}$ / zé$^{2-4}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛː³⁵/, /t͡sɛː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/, /t͡sɛː³⁵⁻²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiá
*** Hakka Romanization System: jia$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: jia$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯a³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciā
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sia³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiá / ché
*** Tâi-lô: tsiá / tsé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciar, zea
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia⁵³/, /t͡se⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡se⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia⁵³/, /t͡se⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia⁵³/, /t͡se⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia⁴¹/, /t͡se⁴¹/
* chiá - literary;
* ché - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: tsjaeX
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 |
| Baxter | tsjaeX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sia$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sia$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sia$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sia$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sia$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭa$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯a$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiě |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ze$^2$ |
* 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
* elder sister
    姐姐 ― jiějiě ― elder sister
    姐妹 ― jiěmèi ― sisters
* woman; lady; madame
    小姐 ― xiǎojiě ― young lady, Miss"
* (dialectal) mother (According to Xu Shen, this meaning was used in the ancient State of Shu: "蜀謂母曰姐")

##### Synonyms

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

#### Compounds

* 千金小姐
* 大姐 (dàjiě)
* 大姐姐
* 大姐頭 / 大姐头
* 大阿姐
* 姐兒 / 姐儿 (jiěr)
* 姐夫
* 姐姐
* 姐妹 (jiěmèi)
* 姐妹花 (jiěmèihuā)
* 姨姐 (yíjiě)
* 家姐 (jiājiě)
* 小姐 (xiǎojiě)
* 小姐們兒 / 小姐们儿
* 師姐 / 师姐 (shījiě)
* 御姐 (yùjiě)
* 林投姐
* 空中小姐 (kōngzhōng xiǎojiě)
* 空姐 (kōngjiě)
* 窯姐兒 / 窑姐儿 (yáojiěr)
* 老大姐 (lǎodàjiě)
* 老姐妹兒 / 老姐妹儿
* 表姐 (biǎojiě)
* 表姐妹 (biǎojiěmèi)
* 阿姐 (ājiě)
* 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)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jù (ju$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$
*** Yale: jyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeoi$^6$
*** Yale: jeuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵy̯²²/

#### Definitions

姐
* (archaic) Alternative form of 㜘 (jù, “pampered; spoiled”)
    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 is a variant form of 啫).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* Alternative form of 姉 (“older sister”)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃ (sha)
* Kan-on: しゃ (sha)
* Kun: あね (ane, 姐)、あねえ (anē, 姐)、あんねえ (annē, 姐)、いね (ine, 姐)、ねえ (nē, 姐)

### Noun

姐(あね) • (ane)
* Alternative form of 姉

## Korean
### Hanja

姐 • (jeo) (hangeul 저)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

姐: Hán Nôm readings: thư, tỉ, tả
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