懂中文 Dong Chinese

媛

yuàn, yuán

beauty

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

Components
女 meaning component

女  Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

爰 sound component

爰  Sound component

yuán

  

pull, draw, lead on

Evolution

媛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
媛 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
媛 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
媛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

媛  

yuàn

beauty, beautiful woman; a beauty

媛  

yuán

beautiful (woman)

Most common words with 媛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

媛

beautiful (woman)

名媛

debutante

彭丽媛

Peng Liyuan (1962-), PRC folk music singer, wife of Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平[Xí​Jìn​píng]

徐熙媛

also called 大S

婵媛

to be interwoven