婵娟
chán​juān

beauty

婵 chán beautiful Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 单 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嬋.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
单
单 Sound component
dān single

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娟 juān beautiful

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

肙
肙 Sound component
yuàn, yuān to be satiated

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷen
Unicodeqiuɛn

說文解字

嬋娟也。从女肙聲。

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嬋 beautiful Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
單
單 Sound component
dān single

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjan
Unicodezhiɛn

說文解字

嬋娟，態也。从女單聲。

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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)