妍
yán

beautiful

A woman 女 who appears forward or open 开

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
开
开 Meaning component
kāi open

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngen[ŋ]ˤe[r]beautiful
Zhengzhangŋeːn
Unicodengen

Sources

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