concubine of last ruler of the Shang dynasty

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

旦 sound component

  Sound component

dàn

  

dawn

Evolution

妲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
妲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

concubine of last ruler of the Shang dynasty

 

female personal name (archaic)

Most common words with 妲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

female personal name (archaic)

妲己

Daji (c. 11th century BC), mythical fox spirit and concubine of the last Shang Dynasty Emperor Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[Zhòu​Xīn]