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Readings

Kana: キ、ひめ、ひめ-
Romaji: ki, hime, hime-
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Romaji

Meaning

princess

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  38
Frequency:  1566
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-7
Korean Reading:  heui
Chinese Reading:  ji1
Unicode:  59eb
JIS:  4931

Indexes

Halpern Index: 407
Nelson Index: 1216
New Nelson Index: 1217
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3e7.11
Four Corner Index: 4141.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1738
Gakken Index: 1534
Japanese Names Index: 1358
Daikanwanjiten Index: 6229
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0693
Remembering the kanji Index: 849
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1191
Kodansha Compact Index: 445
Kanji in Context Index: 1868
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 303
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 368
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 857
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 912
Essential Kanji Index: 1220
Kodansha Kanji Index: 489
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1775
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1320

Words

(ひめ)
princess; young lady of noble birth; girl; small; cute; lesser (in names of species); prostitute
姫君 (ひめぎみ)
daughter of a person of high rank (i.e. a king, noble, aristocrat, etc.)
美姫 (びき)
beautiful maiden; beauty
姫宮 (ひめみや)
princess
お姫様 (おひめさま、おひいさま)
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
歌姫 (うたひめ)
songstress; diva
白雪姫 (しらゆきひめ)
Snow White
舞姫 (まいひめ、ぶき)
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
織り姫 (おりひめ)
woman textile worker; Vega (bright star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
乙姫 (おとひめ)
youngest princess
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