a widow

Components

𠩺
𠩺 Sound component
lí, xī to split
Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhang

說文解字

《說文新附》:“嫠,無夫也。从女,聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica