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孌
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娈
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docile

HSK 10
Human →Relations →Family
liàn
レン、ラン、バン、マン
したう、すなお、みめよ.い
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (孌)
女 woman+ 䜌 tie together =
孌 docile
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
䜌 Phonetic component
luán tie together
(ancient form) chaos
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Simplified (娈)
亦 likewise+ 女 woman =
娈 lovely
亦 Meaning component
yì likewise
also, too
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
孌
Regular
Modern
Chinese
娈 / 孌 [luán]
beautiful
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
娈童 [luán​tóng] #48,624
catamite (boy as homosexual partner)
娈童者 [luán​tóng​zhě] #75,802
child molester
娈童恋 [luán​tóng​liàn]
pederasty