ān

undecided

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Sound component
yǎn, yān, nán cover over

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangquːm
qromʔ
qɯːm
qramʔ
qɯːb
Unicodeqom

說文解字

女有心媕媕也。从女弇聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica