娛
yú

pleasure

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
吳
吳 Sound component
one of warring states

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjuŋʷ(r)arejoice
Zhengzhangŋʷaːs
ŋʷa

說文解字

樂也。从女吳聲。

Sources

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

娱 yú pleasure Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 吴 represents the sound. Simplified form of 娛.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
吴
吴 Sound component
wú, yú, tūn one of warring states

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodengio

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode