姫

princess

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ひめひめ-

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1566

Vocabulary

キ

Word	Reading	Meaning
舞姫	ブキ	female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
美姫	ビキ	beautiful maiden; beauty
寵姫	チョウキ	one's favorite mistress; one's favourite mistress
妖姫	ヨウキ	ghostly, beautiful woman; ghost of a beautiful woman
吸血姫	キュウケツキ	female vampire; vampiress

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
姫	ひめ	young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; lesser (in names of species); prostitute
歌姫	うたひめ	songstress; diva
姫君	ひめぎみ	daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
舞姫	まいひめ	female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
一姫二太郎	いちひめにたろう	it's good to have a girl first and then a boy; one girl and two boys are ideal

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commence, begin

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gigantic, big, large, great

subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes

entrails, viscera, bowels