姒

姒 U+59D2, 姒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D2 ← 姑 [U+59D1] CJK Unified Ideographs 姓 → [U+59D3]

Translingual

Han character

姒 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女女戈人 (VVIO), four-corner 4840₀, composition ⿰女以)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6177
• Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1034, character 3
• Unihan data for U+59D2

Chinese

trad.		姒
simp. #		姒
alternative forms		㚶 娰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (以) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
似	*ljɯʔ
姒	*ljɯʔ
耜	*ljɯʔ
佀	*ljɯʔ
以	*lɯʔ
苡	*lɯʔ
苢	*lɯʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁵
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sāi / sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci⁵
    • Yale: chíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: so⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: so⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sāi / sū
    • Tâi-lô: sāi / sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sai, su
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sai²²/, /su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai⁴¹/, /su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai²²/, /su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sai³³/, /su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai³³/, /su³³/

Note:

• sāi - vernacular;
• sū - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: ziX

Rime
Character	姒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	詳里切
Baxter	ziX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/zɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/zieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨX/
Li Rong	/ziəX/
Wang Li	/zĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ziX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姒
Reading #	1/1
No.	14926
Phonetic component	以
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	似
Old Chinese	/*ljɯʔ/

Definitions

姒

1. wife of elder brother
2. (chiefly historical) a surname

Compounds

• 同姒
• 同姒仔
• 姒娣
• 姒婦 / 姒妇
• 姚姒
• 娣姒

Japanese

Kanji

姒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)
• Kun: あね (ane)

Korean

Hanja

姒 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姒: Hán Nôm readings: tự

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References

• Nom Foundation