yān

charming

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Sound component
yān, yí thereupon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰran
qran
qranʔ
qans

說文解字

長皃。从女焉聲。

Sources

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