jìn

wife of mother's brother

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Sound component
jīn now

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰrɯːm
kʰjam
qʰlɯːm
ɡrɯms

說文解字

𡝫妗也。一曰善笑皃。从女今聲。

Sources

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