甥
shēng

sister's child

Phonosemantic compound. 男 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

Components

男
男 Meaning component
nán male
生
生 Sound component
shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsrængs.reŋSiSo or SiDa; DaHu
Zhengzhangsreŋ

說文解字

謂我舅者，吾謂之甥也。从男生聲。

Sources

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