嫒

嬡
ài
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 令嫒 (a polite term for another person's daughter)

Examples

HSK 5
Qǐngwèn, lìng'ài jīnnián duō dà le?
May I ask, how old is your esteemed daughter this year?

Tips

history
嫒 is not used independently in modern Chinese - it survives only in the polite term 令嫒 ('your daughter'), now more often written 令爱. The everyday word for daughter is 女儿.
register
Honorific and literary only - used when politely referring to someone else's daughter, paralleling 令郎 ('your son').

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman; female
女 the woman radical signals a female-person word - here a respectful term for someone's daughter.
phonetic
爱 ài
love
爱 gives both the sound ài and a fitting flavor of affection - a beloved daughter. This overlap is why 令嫒 is often simply written 令爱.

Stroke Order

嫒 ài