姨

姨	U+59E8, 姨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E8

Han character

姨 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女大弓 (VKN), four-corner 4543₂, composition ⿰女夷)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6222
Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 12
Unihan data for U+59E8

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trad.		姨
simp. ^#		姨
2nd round simp.		𫰆

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Glyph origin

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

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	Old Chinese
桋	l'iːl, lil
荑	l'iːl, lil
銕	l'iːl, l̥ʰiːd
鴺	l'iːl, lil
鮧	l'iːl, lil
洟	l̥ʰiːls, lil
羠	ljilʔ, lil
咦	*hril
夷	*lil
姨	*lil
痍	*lil
峓	*lil
恞	*lil
眱	*lil
蛦	*lil
胰	lil, lɯ
跠	*lil

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

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character	姨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以脂切
Baxter	yij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ji/
Shao Rongfen	/jɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ji/
Li Rong	/i/
Wang Li	/ji/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁴

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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姨
Reading #	1/1
No.	14863
Phonetic component	夷
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	姨
Old Chinese	/*lil/

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Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yí (yi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йи (yi, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji⁴ / ji^4-1

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yi³
Gan (Wiktionary): i⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yì

(Meixian, Guangdong): yi²
Jin (Wiktionary): i¹
Eastern Min (BUC): ì
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): î

(Teochew, Peng'im): i⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yí
  - Wade–Giles: i²
  - Yale: yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (姨兒 / 姨儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yír
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yír
  - Wade–Giles: i²-ʼrh
  - Yale: yír
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yel
  - Palladius: ир (ir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iə̯ɻ³⁵/

Note: yír - “maternal aunt”.

- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yi²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йи (yi, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ / ji^4-1
  - Yale: yìh / yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ / ji^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ / yi^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/, /jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ji²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: i⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
  - Hakka Romanization System: i^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi²
  - Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yi²
  - Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: i¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /i¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
  - Tâi-lô: î
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: i⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: î
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yi
  - MiniDict: yi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: i²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i¹³/

Middle Chinese: yij

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lil/

Definitions

姨

maternal aunt (mother's sister)
二姨 ― èr yí ― mother's second eldest sister
sister-in-law (wife's sister)
aunt (a term of address for a woman around one's mother's age or slightly younger)
(historical) father's concubine

Synonyms

(maternal aunt):

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		從母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姨母
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姨媽 §, 姨兒
	Taiwan	阿姨, 姨媽
	Ulanhot	姨
	Tongliao	姨娘
	Chifeng	姨
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	姨
	Harbin	姨
	Shenyang	姨娘 §, 姨
	Singapore	阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	姨
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	姨
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	姨
	Wanrong	姨
	Zhengzhou	姨
	Xi'an	姨媽 >, 姨 <
	Xining	姨娘
	Xuzhou	姨
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	姨媽
	Bayanhot	姨媽, 姨
	Lanzhou	姨娘
	Ürümqi	姨媽 >, 姨姨 <, 姨娘 Hui
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	姨媽, 娘娘
	Wuhan	姨, 姨娘, 姨媽 §, 小姨 <
	Guiyang	姨媽
	Kunming	姨媽
	Guilin	姨媽
	Liuzhou	姨, 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
	Yangzhou	姨娘
	Nantong	姨媽 >, 姨娘 <, 姨姨 <
	Hefei	姨媽 §, 姨娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨仔 <
	Hong Kong	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨姨 <
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	大姨, 阿姨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Macau	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	姨母 >, 姨姐仔 <
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	大姨母 >, 阿姨 <
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	姨母 >, 姨媽 >, 姨姐 <, 阿姨 <
	Foshan	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 阿姨 <
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	姨母 >, 姨 <
	Foshan (Shunde)	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	姨媽 >, 姨仔 <
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	姨母 >, 阿姨 <
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿姨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿姨, 姨媽 >
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	姨母 >, 阿姨 <
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿姨
	Taishan	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿姨
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿姨
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿姨
	Dongguan	阿姨, 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	姨
	Shaoguan	姨媽, 阿姨
	Yunfu	阿姨
	Yangjiang	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Xinyi	𡜵奶
	Lianjiang	𡜵奶 >, 姨 <
	Nanning	姨母, 阿母, 阿姨, 阿娘
	Wuzhou	阿姨
	Yulin	姨婆娘, 大姨, 細姨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	姨婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	姨媽, 阿姨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Gan	Nanchang	姨, 姨娘
	Lichuan	姨, 大姨 >, 小姨 <
	Pingxiang	姨娘
Hakka	Meixian	阿姨
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿姨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	大姨, 晚姨 <
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿姨
	Yudu	姨, 姨奶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿姨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿姨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿姨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿姨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿姨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿姨
	Hong Kong	大姨 >, 阿大姨 >, 姨仔 <, 阿姨仔 <
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	阿姨
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿姨
	Singkawang	阿姨
Huizhou	Jixi	姨
	Shexian	姨
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	姨
Jin	Taiyuan	姨
	Xinzhou	姨姨 non-face-to-face, 姨姨啊 face-to-face
	Taibus (Baochang)	姨
	Linhe	姨姨
	Jining	姨
	Hohhot	姨姨
	Baotou	姨
	Dongsheng	姨
	Haibowan	姨媽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嫲仔, 姨嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依姨, 姨
	Fuzhou (Changle)	依姨
	Fuqing	大姨 >, 姨囝 <
	Yongtai	依姨
	Gutian	大姨 >, 細姨 <
	Fu'an	姨
	Ningde	姨
	Shouning	姨奶
	Zhouning	姨奶 >, 阿姨 <
	Fuding	姨奶
	Matsu	依姨
	Singapore (Fuqing)	姨姨
Southern Min	Xiamen	姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
	Quanzhou	阿姨, 姨
	Zhangzhou	姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
	Kaohsiung	阿姨
	Yilan	阿姨
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿姨
	Taichung	阿姨
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿姨
	Tainan	阿姨
	Taitung	阿姨
	Hsinchu	阿姨
	Penghu (Magong)	阿姨
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿姨, 姨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿姨
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿姨
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	姨仔 >, 細姨 <
	Chaozhou	阿姨
	Shantou	阿姨, 母姨
	Shantou (Chenghai)	阿姨
	Jieyang	阿姨
	Haifeng	姨
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿姨
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿姨
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿姨
	Leizhou	尼姨, 姨, 姨囝, 阿姨, 阿尼姨
	Haikou	姨母, 阿姨
Puxian Min	Putian	阿姨
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿姨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	姨母 >, 姨姐 <
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	娘, 阿娘
Wu	Shanghai	姨媽, 阿姨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	娘姨
	Suzhou	娘姨娒娒 >, 阿姨 <
	Danyang	姨娘
	Hangzhou	姨娘
	Ningbo	姨嬤 >, 姨娘 >, 阿姨 <
	Wenzhou	阿娘
	Jinhua	姨娘
Xiang	Changsha	姨媽 §, 姨子 not §
	Loudi	大姨娘 >, 姨唧 <
	Shuangfeng	大大娘 >, 姨基 <
	Hengyang	姨娘 >, 大娘 >, 姨唧 <
	Quanzhou	姨, 娘娘
Note	§ - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister

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Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]

Compounds

兩姨 / 两姨
兩姨親 / 两姨亲
八姨
公家婆姨
十八姨
堂姨 (tángyí)
大姨 (dàyí)
大姨媽 / 大姨妈 (dàyímā)
大姨子 (dàyízi)
大姨爹
姨丈 (yízhàng)
姨丈人
姨兄
姨兒 / 姨儿 (yír)
姨公 (yígōng)
姨太
姨夫
姨太太 (yítàitai)
姨夫錢 / 姨夫钱
姨奶
姨奶奶
姨姐 (yíjiě)
姨妹 (yímèi)
姨姨 (yíyí)
姨娘 (yíniáng)
姨婆 (yípó)
姨媽 / 姨妈 (yímā)
姨弟
姨昆弟
姨母 (yímǔ)
姨父
姨爹 (yídiē)
姨甥 (yíshēng)
姨表 (yíbiǎo)
娘姨
娣媵
婆姨 (póyí)
封十八姨
封姨
封家姨
小姨 (xiǎoyí)
小姨娘
小姨子 (xiǎoyízi)
師姨 / 师姨
杜十姨
痴姨
紅姨 / 红姨
細姨 / 细姨 (xìyí)
邢姨
阿姨 (āyí)
阿梨姨
風姨 / 风姨
鬍子阿姨 / 胡子阿姨

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Kanji

姨

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: い (i)
Kan-on: い (i)
Kun: おば (oba, 姨)

Etymology 1

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姨
い Hyōgai
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From Middle Chinese 姨 (MC yij).

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IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

姨(い) • (i)

a wife's sister; more specifically, a wife's younger sister
a mother's sister, a maternal aunt
a mistress (extramarital female lover); more specifically, a father's mistress

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姨
いもしゅうとめ Hyōgai
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【妹姑いもしゅうとめ】

[noun] a wife's sister

(This term, 姨, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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姨 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i)

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姨: Hán Nôm readings: di, dì

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姨

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