娈
luán

lovely

Like 亦 a woman 女

Components

亦
亦 Meaning component
yì also
女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

孌 lovely Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
䜌
䜌 Sound component
luán tie together

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljwenX[r]onʔbeautiful
Zhengzhangb·ronʔ
b·rons
Unicodeliuɛ̌n

說文解字

慕也。从女䜌聲。

Sources

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