娥
é HSK7

be beautiful

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
我
我 Sound component
wǒ I; me

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːl
Unicodengɑ

說文解字

帝堯之女，舜妻娥皇字也。秦晉謂好曰娙娥。从女我聲。

Sources

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