矮
ǎi HSK4

short

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 委 represents the sound.

Components

矢
矢 Meaning component
shǐ arrow
委
委 Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqraːlʔ

說文解字

《說文新附》:“矮,短人也。从矢,委聲。”

Sources

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