姫 means “princess”

ひめ · hime

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひめ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A woman (女) of the court, raised in silk: a princess. 姫 is the hime of fairy tales, from 白雪姫, Snow White, to かぐや姫, the moon princess found in a bamboo stalk, and it names 姫路城, Himeji's gleaming white castle.

Used in 姫 (hime, princess), お姫様 (ohimesama, princess), and 白雪姫 (shirayukihime, Snow White)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.