嫵
wǔ

charming

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
無
無 Sound component
wú negative

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaʔ

說文解字

𡡾也。从女無聲。

Sources

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

妩 wǔ charming Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 无 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嫵.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
无
无 Sound component
wú negative

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode