妝
zhuāng

to adorn oneself

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

Components

爿
爿 Sound component
女
女 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrjang[ts]raŋ adorn (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》：“妝，飾也。从女，牀省聲。”

Sources

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