奼
chà

beautiful

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

乇
乇 Sound component
tuō, zhé to depend on

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'aːɡs
hr'aːʔ
ʔl'aːɡs

說文解字

少女也。从女乇聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

姹 chà beautiful Simplified

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

宅
宅 Sound component
zhái residence

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode