嬛
huánxuānqióng

apt

To stare 睘 after a woman 女; 睘 also provides the pronunciation

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
睘
睘 SoundMeaning component
qióng round

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷen
qʷen
ɡʷeŋ

說文解字

材緊也。从女瞏聲。《春秋傳》曰：“嬛嬛在疚。”

Sources

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