茱莉娅
Zhū​lì​yà

Julia

茱 zhū dogwood

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 朱 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

朱
朱 Sound component
zhū, shū red pigment

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjo
Unicodezhio

說文解字

茱萸，茮屬。从艸朱聲。

Sources

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

莉 lì, lí, chí jasmine

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 利 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

利
利 Sound component
lì, li benefit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangriːl
r'il
r'i

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

娅 yà, yā, yǎ mutual term of address used by sons-in-law Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 亚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 婭.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
亚
亚 Sound component
yà Asia, sub-

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

婭 mutual term of address used by sons-in-law Traditional

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

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
亞
亞 Sound component
yà Asia, sub-

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqraːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang