姉

See also: 姊 and 姐
姉 U+59C9, 姉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59C9
← 姈
[U+59C8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姊 →
[U+59CA]

Translingual
Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character

姉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女十月 (VJB) or 女卜中月 (VYLB), composition ⿰女巿 (GH) or ⿰女市 (TJKV))

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6165
  • Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1029, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+59C9

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 姉
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 姉 – see 姊 (“elder sister; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 姊).

Japanese

Kanji
姉

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. older sister

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
姉
あね
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
姐
姊

From Old Japanese of unclear derivation:

  • Probably originally a compound of 吾 (a, Eastern Old Japanese first-person pronoun) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 兄 (ye → e, “eldest sibling”):[1]
    ⟨a no2 ye⟩ → */anʉʲɨe/ → /ane/

This word is an apophonic form of 兄 (ani, “elder brother”).[2]

  • Several other theories have also been suggested.[1]

Pronunciation

    Coordinate terms

    Noun

    姉(あね) • (ane) 

    1. elder sister

    Usage notes
    • This term conveys neither positive nor negative connotations and is often used in objective narrations. However, using it to describe someone the speaker knows personally is often considered lacking respect, where more polite forms like お姉(ねえ)さん (onēsan) are preferred.

    Synonyms

    Coordinate terms

    References
    1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. Matsuoka Shizuo (1929) 日本古語大辞典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Archaic Japanese]‎ (in Japanese), アネ（姉）, page 56: “之からアニといふ語が分派した ― The word ani developed from this”
    3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja

    姉 (eumhun 손윗누이 자 (sonwinnu'i ja))

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    Compounds
    • 姉妹學校(자매학교) (jamaehakgyo)
    • 姉妹新聞(자매신문) (jamaesinmun)
    • 姉妹會社(자매회사) (jamaehoesa)
    • 姉妹校(자매교) (jamaegyo)
    • 姉妹機關(자매기관) (jamaegigwan)
    • 姉妹篇(자매편) (jamaepyeon)
    • 姉妹結緣(자매결연) (jamaegyeoryeon)
    • 姉妹船(자매선) (jamaeseon)
    • 姉妹語(자매어) (jamaeeo)
    • 姉妹(자매) (jamae)

    References

    Miyako

    Kanji
    姉

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings

    Noun

    姉(あんが) (anga) 

    1. older sister

    Vietnamese

    Nom glyph origin

    Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 女 (nữ, “woman”) + phonetic 市 (thị)

    Han character

    姉: Hán Việt readings: tỷ[1][2][3]
    姉: Nôm readings: chị[1][4]

    Noun
    1. Nôm form of chị (“elder sister, corresponding pronoun”).

    References
    1. Trần (2004).
    2. Trần (1999).
    3. Nguyễn (1974).
    4. Nguyễn (2014).
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