殊姿
shū​zī

extraordinary bearing

殊 shū die, different

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 朱 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
朱
朱 Sound component
zhū, shū red pigment

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyu[d]o die; different

說文解字

《說文》：“殊，死也。从歺，朱聲。漢令曰：‘蠻夷長有罪，當殊之。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

姿 zī one's manner

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
次
次 Sound component
cì second, next

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsli
Unicodetzi

說文解字

態也。从女次聲。

Sources

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