luán

lovely

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
Sound component
luán tie together

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljwenX[r]onʔbeautiful
Zhengzhangb·ronʔ
b·rons
Unicodeliuɛ̌n

說文解字

慕也。从女䜌聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

luán, liàn, luǎn lovely Simplified

Like  a woman 

Components

Meaning component
also
Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode