Unicode: U+59D0

Pinyin: jiě

Definition

* 称同父母(或只同父、只同母)而比自己年纪大的女子。 ~~。~夫。~弟。 * 对比自己年纪大的同辈女性的称呼。 表~。师~。大~(❶对一般年轻妇女的称呼;❷对排行最大的姐姐的称呼)。 * 对未婚女子的通称。 小~(旧时称上层社会未婚女子,现多用于交际场合)。小大~

elder sister, young lady

Structure

姐 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC