# 姫

| 姫 | U+59EB, &#23019; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59EB |
| ← 姪 [U+59EA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姬 → [U+59EC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姫 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6 in Chinese and Korean, 女+7 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL) or 難女尸中中 (XVSLL), four-corner 4141$_7$, composition ⿰女臣)

#### Related characters

* 姬 (Original form for the meaning "princess")

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6229
* Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 4
* Unihan data for U+59EB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 臣 (OC *ɡiŋ)

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhěn (zhen$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhěn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhěn
*** Wade–Giles: chên$^3$
*** Yale: jěn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeen
*** Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

姫
* (historical dictionaries only) cautious; prudent
    Synonym: 謹慎 / 谨慎 (jǐnshèn)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 姫 – see 姬. (This character is a variant form of 姬).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02079

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* princess
* concubine
* woman

#### Readings

From its original form 姬:
* Go-on: き (ki)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: ひめ (hime, 姫, Jōyō)
* Nanori: こひめ (kohime)、ひめさき (himesaki)、れもん (remon)
In its current form 姫:
* Go-on: しん (shin)
* Kan-on: しん (shin)
* Kun: かしこまる (kashikomaru, 姫まる)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 姫
* ひめ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 媛
⟨pi$_1$ me$_1$⟩ → */pʲimʲe/ → /fime/ → /hime/
From Old Japanese.
Originally a compound of 日 (hi, “sun”, a prefix or appellation used in reference to the imperial family) +‎ 女 (me, “female person: girl, woman”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひめ [híꜜmè] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [çime̞]

#### Noun

姫(ひめ) • (hime)
* the daughter of a high-ranking person
    Coordinate term: 彦 (hiko)
** a noblewoman
** a princess
    Synonyms: 王女 (ōjo), 皇女 (kōjo), プリンセス (purinsesu)
* (euphemistic) a woman
    Coordinate term: 彦 (hiko)
* (Kansai slang) in the Kyōto and Osaka areas, a prostitute
    See also: Thesaurus:娼婦
* Short for 姫糊 (himenori): a kind of starch glue made from boiled-down rice

##### Derived terms

* 姫(ひめ)君(ぎみ) (himegimi)
* 姫(ひめ)様(さま) (hime-sama): honorable princess (term of address or reference)
* 姫路(ひめじ) (Himeji)
* 姫遊(ひめなそ)び (himenasobi)
* 姫始(ひめはじ)め (himehajime)
* 歌(うた)姫(ひめ) (utahime): a chanteuse, a female singer
* 弟(おと)姫(ひめ), 乙(おと)姫(ひめ) (otohime)
* 織(おり)姫(ひめ) (Orihime), 織(お)り姫(ひめ) (orihime)
* 木(この)花(はな)之(の)開(さく)耶(や)姫(ひめ) (Ko-no-hana-no-saku-ya-hime): (Shintō): in Japanese mythology, the blossom princess and symbol of delicate earthly life
* 佐(さ)保(ほ)姫(ひめ) (Sahohime), 佐(さ)保(お)姫(ひめ) (Saohime)
* 月(つき)の姫(ひめ) (tsuki-no-hime): the princess of the moon: Kaguya-hime from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
* 舞(まい)姫(ひめ) (maihime)

##### Related terms

* 娘(むすめ) (musume, “daughter”)
* 乙(おと)女(め) (otome, “maiden, virgin”)

##### See also

* 女(じょ)皇(こう) (jokō, “empress”)
* 女(じょ)王(おう) (joō, “queen”)

#### Prefix

姫(ひめ) • (hime-)
* cute
* small

##### Derived terms

* 姫(ヒメ)アルマジロ (himearumajiro)
* 姫鵜(ヒメウ) (himeu)
* 姫烏頭(ヒメウズ) (himeuzu)
* 姫海亀(ヒメウミガメ) (himeumigame)
* 姫(ひめ)鏡(きょう)台(だい) (hime-kyōdai)
* 姫(ひめ)小(こ)松(まつ) (hime-komatsu)
* 姫羽白(ヒメハジロ) (himehajiro)
* 姫風露(ヒメフウロ) (himefūro)
* 姫(ヒメ)百(ユ)合(リ) (himeyuri)

#### Proper noun

姫(ひめ) • (Hime)
* a place name
* a surname
* a female given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 姫
* き Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 姬 (MC ki).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʲi]

#### Suffix

姫(き) • (-ki)
* lady

##### Derived terms

* 寵(ちょう)姫(き) (chōki)
* 美(び)姫(き) (biki)
* 舞(ぶ)姫(き) (buki)
* 妖(よう)姫(き) (yōki)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 姫
* しん Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 姫 (“cautious; prudent”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕĩɴ]
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### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology 1

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#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕin]
* Phonetic hangul: [진]

#### Hanja

姫 (eum 진 (jin))
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### Etymology 2

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#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [çi]
* Phonetic hangul: [히]

#### Hanja

姫 (eum 희 (hui))
* hanja form of 희 (“Alternative form of 姬”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

姫: Hán Việt readings: cơ
姫: Nôm readings: cơ
* chữ Hán form of cơ (“Alternative form of 姬”).

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).