姑妈
gū​mā

paternal aunt

姑 gū, gu father's sister

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
古
古 Sound component
gǔ old

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

菇

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkukˤa father's sister

說文解字

《說文》：“姑，夫母也。从女，古聲。”

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)

妈 mā, ma mother Simplified

Simplified form of 媽. Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
马
马 Sound component
mǎ horse

Sources

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

媽 mā, ma mother Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
馬
馬 Sound component
mǎ horse

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang