撒娇
sā​jiāo

act coquettishly

撒 sā, sǎ release, scatter

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 散 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

散
散 SoundMeaning component
sàn, sǎn scatter

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsaːd
Unicodesɑt

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

娇 jiāo seductive and loveable Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 乔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嬌.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
乔
乔 Sound component
qiáo, jiǎo tall

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
喬
喬 Sound component
tall

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkrew
krewʔ
ɡrew
Unicodegyɛu

說文解字

姿也。从女喬聲。

Sources

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