a goddess

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
Sound component
chat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːl
kʷroːl
Unicodegua

說文解字

古之神聖女,化萬物者也。从女咼聲。

Sources

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

a goddess Simplified

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Sound component
guō, wāi, hé chat

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode