妮维娅
Nī​wéi​yà

Nivea

妮 nī, ní maid

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
尼
尼 Sound component
ní, nǐ Buddhist nun

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

维 wéi hold together, maintain Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 維.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

隹
隹 Sound component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

潍

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

娅 yà, yā, yǎ mutual term of address used by sons-in-law Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 亚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 婭.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
亚
亚 Sound component
yà Asia, sub-

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

維 wéi hold together, maintain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

隹
隹 Sound component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

濰

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywijɢʷij (? < *ɢʷuj)rope for tying

說文解字

《說文》：“維，車蓋維也。从糸，隹聲。”

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)

婭 mutual term of address used by sons-in-law Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
亞
亞 Sound component
yà Asia, sub-

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqraːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang