姿

Translingual edit

Han character edit

姿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈人女 (IOV) or 一人女 (MOV), four-corner 3740₄, composition ⿱次女)

Derived characters edit

㾳𪦌𤦾𡤜𬢴𭒰

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6257
Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 6
Unihan data for U+59FF

Chinese edit

trad.		姿
simp. ^#		姿

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 姿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
咨	*ʔsli
資	*ʔsli
姿	*ʔsli
粢	*ʔsli
諮	*ʔsli
恣	*ʔslis
澬	ʔsli, zli
趑	*sʰli
蠀	*sʰli
次	*sn̥ʰis
佽	*sl̥ʰis
絘	*sl̥ʰis
薋	*zli
瓷	*zli
茨	*zli
餈	*zli
垐	zli, zlɯɡ
楶	*ʔsliːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsli) : phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zī (zi¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂
Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chir / chu
(Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zih
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
  - Yale: dz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
  - Tâi-lô: tsir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
  - Tâi-lô: tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsy
  - MiniDict: tsy^平
  - Dictionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsij

Rime
Character	姿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即夷切
Baxter	tsij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/
Li Rong	/t͡si/
Wang Li	/t͡si/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姿
Reading #	1/1
No.	1787
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

Definitions edit

姿

manner; carriage; bearing
looks; appearance

Compounds edit

中姿
丰姿 (fēngzī)
丰姿冶麗
丰姿綽約／丰姿绰约
仙姿
仙姿玉色
低姿勢／低姿势
低姿態／低姿态 (dīzītài)
國色天姿／国色天姿
多姿多采
多彩多姿 (duōcǎiduōzī)
多采多姿 (duōcǎi-duōzī)
天姿 (tiānzī)
天姿國色／天姿国色
姿勢／姿势 (zīshì)
姱姿
姿姿媚媚
姿媚
姿態／姿态 (zītài)
姿色 (zīsè)
姿質／姿质 (zīzhì)
姿首
婀娜多姿 (ēnuóduōzī)
媚姿姿
嬌姿／娇姿
掩映生姿
搖曳生姿／摇曳生姿
搔頭弄姿／搔头弄姿
搔首弄姿 (sāoshǒunòngzī)
擺姿勢／摆姿势
毛施淑姿
淑姿
濁質凡姿／浊质凡姿
瑰姿
瓊姿／琼姿
神姿
絢麗多姿／绚丽多姿
綽約多姿／绰约多姿
舞姿 (wǔzī)
花柳之姿
英姿 (yīngzī)
英姿煥發／英姿焕发
英姿邁往／英姿迈往
英姿颯爽／英姿飒爽
蒲柳之姿 (púliǔzhīzī)
豔姿／艳姿
郎才女姿
雄姿 (xióngzī)
顧影弄姿／顾影弄姿
顧盼生姿／顾盼生姿
風姿／风姿 (fēngzī)
風姿瀟灑／风姿潇洒
風姿綽約／风姿绰约
颯爽英姿／飒爽英姿
鶴骨松姿／鹤骨松姿
龍章鳳姿／龙章凤姿
龍鳳之姿／龙凤之姿

Japanese edit

Shinjitai	姿
Kyūjitai ^[1]	姿󠄁 姿+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	姿󠄄 姿+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji edit

姿

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

figure, shape

Readings edit

Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kun: すがた (sugata, 姿, Jōyō)
Nanori: かた (kata); しな (shina); たか (taka)

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
姿
すがた Grade: 6
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) すがた [súꜜgàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝɡa̠ta̠]

Noun edit

姿(すがた) • (sugata)

figure, appearance, form, aspect, shape
刻(こく)々(こく)と姿(すがた)を変(か)える雲(くも)
kokukoku to sugata o kaeru kumo
the clouds, continuously changing their shape
着(き)物(もの)姿(すがた)を見(み)せる
kimono-sugata o miseru
to present one's kimonoed self
○○の愛国者(あいこくしゃ)としての姿(すがた)
○○ no aikokusha to shite no sugata
the aspect of X as a patriot

References edit

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital)
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

姿 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha)

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Okinawan edit

Kanji edit

姿

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Kun: すがい (sugai, 姿)

Compounds edit

沖縄姿(うちなーすがい) (uchināsugai)

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

姿: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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[1] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital)

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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