Most famously associated with 妲己 (Dájǐ), the legendary consort of King Zhou of Shang, portrayed as a seductive fox spirit who helped bring about the dynasty's downfall.
女 is the indexing radical and signals that 妲 is a personal name for a woman. The most famous bearer is 妲己 (Dájǐ), the legendary consort of the last Shang king Zhou Xin, blamed in folklore for the dynasty's fall.
旦 dàn provides the sound, shifted to dá. The same phonetic feeds 但 (dàn, but) and 担 (dān, carry). The dawn imagery — sun above the horizon — is not active in 妲, which is purely a name marker.
