jìngliàng

make up face

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
見 meaning component

  Meaning component

jiànxiàn

  

see

青 sound component

  Sound component

qīng

  

green or blue

Evolution

靚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
靚 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
靚 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
靚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jìng

make up face; ornament; quiet; (Cant.) pretty; to make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful

() 

liàng

attractive; good-looking

Most common words with 靚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to dress

靓女

(dialect) pretty girl

靓仔

handsome young man

靓妆

to make up