娇宠
jiāo​chǒng

pamper

娇 jiāo seductive and loveable Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 乔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嬌.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
乔
乔 Sound component
qiáo, jiǎo tall

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宠 chǒng, lóng favorite Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 寵.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

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嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
喬
喬 Sound component
tall

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkrew
krewʔ
ɡrew
Unicodegyɛu

說文解字

姿也。从女喬聲。

Sources

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

寵 favorite Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhjowngXr̥ oŋʔfavor, grace
Zhengzhangr̥ʰoŋʔ
Unicodetjiǒng

說文解字

尊居也。从宀龍聲。

Sources

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