word姐
w'o​r​d​jiě

big sister

姐 jie, jiě elder sister

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsjaːʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“姐，蜀謂母曰姐，淮南謂之社。从女，且聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)