婀 (ē): (in 婀娜) graceful; supple; willo…

Meanings

湖边杨柳婀娜多姿。

Húbiān yángliǔ ēnuó duōzī.

The willows by the lake sway gracefully in the breeze.

她步态婀娜。

Tā bùtài ēnuó.

She moved with a soft, graceful step.

usage

Bound to 婀娜 — soft and graceful, used of a woman's figure or swaying willow branches, often expanded to 婀娜多姿 ('graceful and full of charm').

radical

女 nǚ

woman

Left-side woman radical 女. It describes a woman's soft, graceful bearing, so the woman radical carries the meaning.

phonetic

阿 ē

(here) sound

Right side 阿 supplies the sound ē; it functions purely as the phonetic, with the woman radical doing the meaning work.

婀 ē