jìng

modest

Like a young  woman  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
SoundMeaning component
qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsleŋ
zleŋs
zleŋʔ

說文解字

竦立也。从女青聲。一曰有才也。讀若韭菁。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica