埃琳娜
āi​lín​nà

Elena

埃 āi fine dust

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

earth

矣
矣 Sound component
yǐ, xián particle of completed action

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔojqˤədust
Zhengzhangqlɯː
Unicodeqəi

說文解字

塵也。从土矣聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

琳 lín beautiful jade

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
林
林 Sound component
lín forest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·rɯm
Unicodelim

說文解字

美玉也。从玉林聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

娜 nà, nuó elegant

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
那
那 Sound component
nà that

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnaːlʔ

Sources

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