媚态 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

mèi charming

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

woman

眉 Sound component

méi eyebrows

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mijH	mrəjʔ-s	love; flatter
Zhengzhang		mrils
Unicode	myì

說文解字

說也。从女眉聲。

Sources

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

tài manner Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 太 represents the sound. Simplified form of 態.

Components

太 Sound component

tài, tai very

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

tài manner Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 能 represents the sound.

Components

能 Sound component

néng to be able

Change in sound

態 and 能 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
態 *n̥ˤə-s
能 *nˤə

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thojH	n̥ˤə-s	bearing, manner

說文解字

《說文》：“態，意也。从心，从能。，或从人。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

媚 mèi charming

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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态 tài manner Simplified

Components

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態 tài manner Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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mèi charming

tài manner Simplified

tài manner Traditional