娇艳
jiāo​yàn

radiant

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

Readings & variants
Unicode

艳 yàn beautiful Simplified

Lush 丰 and sexy 色

Components

丰
丰 Meaning component
fēng luxuriant
色
色 Meaning component
sè color

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

滟

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

滟

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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)

豔 yàn plump Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 盍 represents the meaning and 豐 represents the sound.

Components

盍
盍 Meaning component
hé what? why not?
豐
豐 Sound component
abundant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglams
Unicodeiɛ̀m

說文解字

好而長也。从豐。豐，大也。盇聲。《春秋傳》曰：“美而豔。”

Sources

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