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姨
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maternal aunt

HSK 7
Human →Relations →Family
yí
テイ、イ
いもと、いもうと、おば
이
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 夷 represents the sound.
Components
女 woman+ 夷 barbarian =
姨 maternal aunt
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
夷 Phonetic component
yí barbarian
ancient barbarian tribes
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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
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
姨
Regular
Modern
Chinese
姨 [yí]
mother's sister; aunt
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (30)
阿姨 [ā​yí] #2,877
maternal aunt
姨妈 [yí​mā] #5,558
(coll.) mother's sister
姨妈 [yí​mā] #5,558
(coll.) mother's sister
小姨 [xiǎo​yí] #22,733
(coll.) wife's younger sister
大姨 [dà​yí] #53,086
(coll.) wife's elder sister
姨父 [yí​fu] #30,272
husband of mother's sister
小姨子 [xiǎo​yí​zi] #26,802
see 小姨[xiǎo​yí]
姨夫 [yí​fu] #62,235
mother's sister's husband
姨丈 [yí​zhàng] #38,752
mother's sister's husband
姨母 [yí​mǔ] #46,028
mother's sister
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
姥捨て山 [うばすてやま] #131,230
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)
KOREAN WORDS (1)
이모 #4,825
aunt