姪
See also: 侄
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Translingual
Han character
姪 (radical 38 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女一戈土 (VMIG), four-corner 41414, composition ⿰女至)
References
- KangXi: page 260, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6226
- Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1043, character 11
- Unihan data for U+59EA
Chinese
| trad. | 姪/侄 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 侄 | |
| alt. forms | 妷 㜼 𡥺 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (至) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 致 | *tiɡs |
| 輊 | *tiɡs |
| 駤 | *tiɡs |
| 跮 | *tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ |
| 荎 | *di, *diːɡ |
| 緻 | *diɡs |
| 至 | *tjiɡs |
| 鵄 | *tʰji |
| 胵 | *tʰji |
| 痓 | *tʰjiɡs |
| 咥 | *hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ |
| 窒 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ |
| 蛭 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 垤 | *diːɡ |
| 耋 | *diːɡ |
| 姪 | *diːɡ, *diɡ |
| 絰 | *diːɡ |
| 恎 | *diːɡ |
| 挃 | *tiɡ |
| 庢 | *tiɡ |
| 銍 | *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 秷 | *tiɡ |
| 螲 | *tiɡ |
| 侄 | *diɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 桎 | *tjiɡ |
| 郅 | *tjiɡ |
| 晊 | *tjiɡ |
| 室 | *hliɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *diːɡ, *diɡ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 至 (OC *tjiɡs).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/m-ləj (“grandchild; nephew”) + *-t (“nominalizing final”). Cognate with Burmese မြေး (mre:, “grandchild”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
姪
- fraternal nephew or niece (originally only of a woman, but also of a man after the Jìn dynasty)
- child of a (male) friend in the same generation
- Used to call oneself before someone in one's father's generation.
Synonyms
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
姪
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Etymology
/me1hi/: [mepi] → [meɸi] → [mewi] → [mei]. Initial /me/ is cognate with 女 (me1, “female”).
Noun
姪 (hiragana めい, rōmaji mei, historical hiragana めひ)
- the daughter of ones sibling; a niece
Antonyms
- 甥 (oi)
Korean
Hanja
姪 • (jil, jeol) (hangeul 질, 절, revised jil, jeol, McCune–Reischauer chil, chŏl)
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Vietnamese
Han character
姪 (đẹt)
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