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姊
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elder sister

HSK 10
Human →Relations
zǐ
シ
あね、はは
자
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 𠂔 represents the sound.
Components
女 woman+ 𠂔 to stop =
姊 elder sister
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
𠂔 Phonetic component
zǐ to stop
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Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
姊
Regular
Modern
Chinese
姊 [zǐ]
older sister; Taiwan pr. [jiě]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (13)
姊妹 [zǐ​mèi] #13,092
(older and younger) sisters
家姊 [jiā​zǐ] #62,065
my sister
表姊妹 [biǎo​zǐ​mèi] #69,074
father's sister's daughters
堂姊妹 [táng​zǐ​mèi] #72,080
father's brother's daughters
七姊妹星团 [Qī​zǐ​mèi​xīng​tuán]
Pleiades M45
七姊妹星团 [Qī​zǐ​mèi​xīng​tuán]
Pleiades M45
姊丈 [zǐ​zhàng]
older sister's husband
姊夫 [zǐ​fu]
older sister's husband
姊姊 [zǐ​zǐ]
older sister
姊归县 [Zǐ​Guī​xiàn]
Zigui county in Hubei province
3 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
자매 #5,567
sisters