mào​ní

old and young

mào elderly person

Components

Meaning component
lǎo old

old

Sound component
máo, mao hair

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːws
Unicodemɑ̀u

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

ní, nì, niè feeble

A young child 

Components

Meaning component
rén person
Meaning component
r, ér son

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngejŋˤeyoung and weak
Zhengzhangŋeː

說文解字

俾也。从人兒聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica