姿
zī HSK7

one's manner

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 次 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
次
次 Sound component
cì second, next

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsli
Unicodetzi

說文解字

態也。从女次聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)