# 姿

| 姿 | U+59FF, &#23039; 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 3740$_4$, composition ⿱次女)

#### Derived characters

* 㾳 𪦌 𤦾 𡤜 𬢴 𭒰

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 姿
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 / 形声, OC *ʔsli): phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zī (zi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂
* Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chir / chu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ze$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zī
*** Zhuyin: ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zih
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^1$
*** Yale: dz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
*** Palladius: цзы (czy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$
*** Yale: jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sy⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (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: ze$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɯ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsy
*** MiniDict: tsy$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: tsij
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 |
| Baxter | tsij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡si/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡si/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡si/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡si/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ |
* 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
* 丰姿 (fēngzī)
* 丰姿冶麗
* 丰姿綽約 / 丰姿绰约
* 仙姿
* 仙姿玉色
* 低姿勢 / 低姿势
* 低姿態 / 低姿态 (dīzītài)
* 國色天姿 / 国色天姿
* 多姿多采
* 多彩多姿 (duōcǎiduōzī)
* 多采多姿 (duōcǎi-duōzī)
* 天姿 (tiānzī)
* 天姿國色 / 天姿国色
* 姿勢 / 姿势 (zīshì)
* 姱姿
* 姿姿媚媚
* 姿媚
* 姿態 / 姿态 (zītài)
* 姿色 (zīsè)
* 姿質 / 姿质 (zīzhì)
* 姿首
* 婀娜多姿 (ēnuóduōzī)
* 媚姿姿
* 嬌姿 / 娇姿
* 掩映生姿
* 搖曳生姿 / 摇曳生姿
* 搔頭弄姿 / 搔头弄姿
* 搔首弄姿 (sāoshǒunòngzī)
* 擺姿勢 / 摆姿势
* 毛施淑姿
* 淑姿
* 濁質凡姿 / 浊质凡姿
* 瑰姿
* 瓊姿 / 琼姿
* 神姿
* 絢麗多姿 / 绚丽多姿
* 綽約多姿 / 绰约多姿
* 舞姿 (wǔzī)
* 花柳之姿
* 英姿 (yīngzī)
* 英姿煥發 / 英姿焕发
* 英姿邁往 / 英姿迈往
* 英姿颯爽 / 英姿飒爽
* 蒲柳之姿 (púliǔzhīzī)
* 豔姿 / 艳姿
* 郎才女姿
* 雄姿 (xióngzī)
* 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 | 姿󠄁 姿+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 姿󠄄 姿+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Sixth grade 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
* Alternative spelling
* 相
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) すがた [súꜜgàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [sɨɡa̠ta̠]

### 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

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital)
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

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

(Sixth grade 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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