姗
shān

slander

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 册 represents the sound. Simplified form of 姍.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
册
册 Sound component
cè book

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangslaːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

姍 slander Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

說文解字

誹也。一曰翼便也。从女，𠛹省聲。

Sources

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