装嫩
zhuāng​nèn

act young

装 zhuāng dress Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 壮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 裝.

Components

壮
壮 Sound component
zhuàng big, strong
衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

嫩 nèn soft

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 敕 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嫰.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
敕
敕 Sound component
chì, sōu an imperial order or decree

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnuːns
Unicodenuə̀n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

裝 zhuāng dress Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 壯 represents the sound.

Components

壯
壯 Sound component
zhuàng big, strong
衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraŋ
ʔsraŋs
Unicodejriɑng

說文解字

《說文》：“裝，裹也。从衣，壯聲。”

Sources

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