宠妃
chǒng​fēi

favored concubine

宠 chǒng, lóng favorite Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 寵.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

妃 fēi, pèi wife

Depicts a woman (女) and a man (卩) together.

Components

女
女 Iconic component
nǚ, nü woman
卩
卩 Iconic component
jié person kneeling
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 卩 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

配

Remnant (1)

配

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphj+jpʰ[ə][j] consort; match

說文解字

《說文》：“妃，匹也。从女，己聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.850-851
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

寵 favorite Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhjowngXr̥ oŋʔfavor, grace
Zhengzhangr̥ʰoŋʔ
Unicodetjiǒng

說文解字

尊居也。从宀龍聲。

Sources

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