嬋
chán

beautiful

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
單
單 Sound component
dān single

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjan
Unicodezhiɛn

說文解字

嬋娟，態也。从女單聲。

Sources

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

婵 chán beautiful Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 单 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嬋.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
单
单 Sound component
dān single

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode