姫

姫 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

princess

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

On (Sino-Japanese)

Kun (native)

Other languages

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Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰女臣

姫ひめ（日本、媛と同じ意）ひめ。上代日本語の和語で高貴な女性を指す。万葉仮名では比売と記される。神葬において16～19歳の少女の諡。young lady of noble birth, princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.), girl, small
姫君ひめぎみdaughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
姫様ひめさまprincess, daughter of a nobleman
姫垣ひめがきlow fence
姫宮ひめみやprincess
姫鱒ひめますkokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
姫楮ひめこうぞBroussonetia kazinoki (species of mulberry)
姫蜂ひめばちichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae spp.), ichneumon fly
姫蟻ひめありMonomorium intrudens (species of ant)
姫鼠ひめねずみsmall Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)
姫飯ひめいいsoft rice (cooked in a pot)
姫椿ひめつばきChinese guger tree (Schima wallichii), sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua), Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
姫電ひめでんhighly decorated cell phone
姫萩ひめはぎdwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)
姫鯛ひめだいlavender jobfish (Pristipomoides sieboldii), flower jobfish
姫蛍ひめぼたるHotaria parvula (species of firefly)
姫鵜ひめうpelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
姫皮ひめかわthin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm, silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot
姫神ひめがみgoddess
姫黐ひめもちIlex leucoclada (species of holly)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.