嫂
sǎo HSK7

sister-in-law

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
叟
叟 Sound component
sǒu, sōu, xiāo old man

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsuːwʔ

Sources

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