娓
wěi

comply

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
尾
尾 Sound component
wěi tail

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmrɯls
mɯlʔ

說文解字

順也。从女尾聲。讀若𡡾。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica