妟
yàn

safe

Depicts a woman (女) underneath the sun (日) on a calm day.

Components

日
日 Iconic component
rì sun
女
女 Iconic component
nǚ, nü woman

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

宴匽

說文解字

《說文》：“妟，安也。从女、日。《詩》曰：‘以妟父母。’”

Sources

Character origin
zi.toolsWenlin Dictionaries漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)