媾
gòu

marry

To know a woman's 女 secret 冓; 冓 also provides the pronunciation

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
冓
冓 SoundMeaning component
gòu, gōu a secluded place

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkuwHkˤ(r)o-s2nd marriage
Zhengzhangkoːs

說文解字

重㛰也。从女冓聲。《易》曰：“匪寇，㛰媾。”

Sources

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