美姫
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 美 | 姫 |
| び Grade: 3 |
き Grade: S |
| kan'on | |
First appears in texts from the early 1800s, in a snippet purportedly from the Chinese classic Records of the Grand Historian.[1] Ultimately from Middle Chinese *美姬 (MC mijX ki, literally “beautiful + (feminine) beauty”). Compare Min Nan reading bí kì.
Pronunciation
Noun
美姫 • (biki)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 美 | 姫 |
| み Grade: 3 |
き Grade: S |
| goon | |
Attachment of felicitous characters to the existing feminine name Miki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲikʲi]
Proper noun
美姫 • (Miki)
- a female given name
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN