娲
wā

a goddess

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

呙
呙 Sound component
guō, wāi, hé chat

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

媧 a goddess Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
咼
咼 Sound component
chat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːl
kʷroːl
Unicodegua

說文解字

古之神聖女，化萬物者也。从女咼聲。

Sources

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