姨姥姥
yí​lǎo​lao

great-aunt

姨 yí mother/wife's sister

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
夷
夷 Sound component
yí ancient barbarian tribes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglil
Unicodei

說文解字

《說文》：“姨，妻之女弟同出為姨。从女，夷聲。”

Sources

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

姥 lǎo, mǔ maternal grandmother

An older 老 woman 女; 老 also provides the pronunciation

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
老
老 SoundMeaning component
lǎo old

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangruːʔ
maːʔ
Unicodemǒ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang