站姿
zhàn​zī

stance

站 zhàn stand up

Phonosemantic compound. 立 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

立
立 Meaning component
lì stand
占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrteːms

Sources

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

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)