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Kanji Detail for 姫 - "princess, lady"

姫

  • Meaning

    姫 means "princess, lady." Also associated with beautiful.

    1. Princess - A daughter of royalty; a noblewoman.

    2. Lady - A term of respect for women.

    3. Beautiful - A word expressing loveliness and delicacy.

    4. Small - Prefix indicating something small or cute.

  • Origin of 姫

    女, woman, beside 臣 — in origin a different element that lends the reading, later written as the minister's downcast eye. A lady of the court; in Japanese it became hime, the princess of every folktale.

    How to remember it: A woman 女 attended at court — the princess of the old stories: hime.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: princess, lady
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こひめ, ひめ, ひめさき, ぷりんせす)
    • Also carries these associations: beautiful

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 姫

    Given names 姫(こひめ)Listen 姫(ひめ)Listen 姫(ぷりんせす)Listen 姫(れもん)Listen

    Surnames 姫(ひめさき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    princess

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    beauty; imperial concubine

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 姬; princess; imperial concubine

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    beauty; imperial concubine

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hime(ひめ) ひめ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    princess lady beautiful cute adorable noblewoman daughter of a noble royalty elegant grace precious regal small

Sentences including 姫

  • Get off at himeji station.

More kanji with the radical 女 (onna・onnahen)

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