yàn​qíng

erotic

yàn beautiful Simplified

Lush  and sexy 

Components

Meaning component
fēng luxuriant
Meaning component
color

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

qíng, qing feeling

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

is a component form of .

Sound component
qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzjeng[dz]eŋ affections; response to circumstances

說文解字

《說文》:“情,人之陰氣有欲者。从心,青聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yàn beautiful Traditional

Lush  and sexy 

Components

Meaning component
abundant
Meaning component
color

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglams

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang