妲
dá

concubine of last ruler of the Shang dynasty

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
旦
旦 Sound component
dàn dawn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːd
Unicodedɑt

說文解字

女字。妲己，紂妃。从女旦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)