娇痴
jiāo​chī

spoiled and naive

娇 jiāo seductive and loveable Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 乔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嬌.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
乔
乔 Sound component
qiáo, jiǎo tall

Sources

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Unicode

痴 chī foolish

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 知 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癡.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
知
知 Sound component
zhī know

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰɯ

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
喬
喬 Sound component
tall

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkrew
krewʔ
ɡrew
Unicodegyɛu

說文解字

姿也。从女喬聲。

Sources

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