Dong Chinese dictionary

méi

matchmaker, medium

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

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

woman

某 Sound component

mǒu

certain thing or person

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

méi

go-between, matchmaker; medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between; abbr. for 媒體|媒体[méitǐ], media, esp. news media

Most common words with 媒

Sources