妝
zhuāng

to adorn oneself

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

Components

爿
爿 Sound component
pán, qiáng piece of wood
女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrjang[ts]raŋ adorn (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》：“妝，飾也。从女，牀省聲。”

Sources

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

妆 zhuāng to adorn oneself Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 丬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 妝.

Components

丬
丬 Sound component
qiáng piece of wood

丬 is a component form of 爿.

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode