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姫 means 'princess'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1308   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 74 words   Used in 106 words   Used in 915 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Kun
   ひめ princess
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Learn about 姫 in the names of princesses in famous Japanese stories. Also see how 姫 appears in terms for all kinds of women: workaday laborers, daughters of the nobility, singers, dancers, girl geeks, and prostitutes! This kanji can mean "girl," "small and cute," or even "soft." It's also connected to Tanabata and a famous star, a rarefied kind of porcelain, and the first sex of the year!
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Adorably Petite
掌 豆 姫 零
Donald Richie said the Japanese perceive their nation as small (though it's not) because they feel it's gross to be large. Indeed, an affection for itty-bitty things runs through these essays. The prefix 豆- characterizes tiny books, small dolls, and trivia as "miniature." With 掌 the Japanese describe books as "palm-sized" and stories as "very short." The prefix 姫- indicates that a Chinese crabapple is adorably petite or that an animal is diminutive. And with 零 as "small" one can lament the loss of mom-and-pop bakeries and offer advice to small business owners engaged in David-versus-Goliath battles.
⿰   woman; female   subject  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 姫 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 姫 is used 75 times, read 2 ways.
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noun
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
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ひめ : 72 words FIND ALL
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noun
1. princess; young lady of noble birth
noun (suffix), noun
2. girl  (see also: )
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An additional 18 less common words include 姫 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1738  Joy o' Kanji : 1738  Key to Kanji:

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ひめ princess   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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