lěng​yàn

aloofly beautiful

lěng cold

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
bīng ice

is a component form of .

Sound component
lìng command

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋʔ
reːŋ
reːŋʔ
Unicodelæ̌ng
læ̌ng

說文解字

《說文》:“冷,寒也。从仌。令聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yàn beautiful Simplified

Lush  and sexy 

Components

Meaning component
fēng luxuriant
Meaning component
color

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

yàn beautiful Traditional

Lush  and sexy 

Components

Meaning component
abundant
Meaning component
color

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglams

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang