嫔
pín

court lady

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 宾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嬪.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
宾
宾 Sound component
bīn guest

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嬪 court lady Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
賓
賓 Sound component
bīn guest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbin
Unicodebhin

說文解字

服也。从女賓聲。

Sources

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