娉婷袅娜
pīng​tíng​niǎo​nuó

graceful

娉 pīng, pìn beautiful

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

甹
甹 Sound component
pīng chivalrous knight

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjiengHp.[r̥ ]eŋ-sinquire about (marriage)
Zhengzhangpʰleŋs
Unicodepiɛng

說文解字

問也。从女甹聲。

Sources

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

婷 tíng pretty

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
亭
亭 Sound component
tíng pavilion

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdeːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

袅 niǎo curling upwards Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 鸟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 裊.

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes
鸟
鸟 Sound component
niǎo bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

裊 curling upwards Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 鳥 represents the sound.

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes
鳥
鳥 SoundRemnant component
niǎo bird

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodeněu

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode