褒姒
Bāo​sì

Baosi

褒 bāo praise

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes

clothes

保
保 Sound component
bǎo protect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpawpˤupraise (v.)
Unicodebɑu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

姒 sì elder sister

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
以
以 Sound component
yǐ by means of
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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