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beautiful (5b0b)

HSK 10
chán
セン
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (嬋)
woman+ list =
beautiful (5b0b)
Meaning component
woman
woman, girl
Phonetic component
list
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Simplified (婵)
woman+ single =
beautiful
Meaning component
woman
woman, girl
Phonetic component
dān single
single, individual, only
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [chán]
beautiful; graceful
Example Sentences