姺

It names a state or lineage; a phrase describes swaying clothes.

The phrase 商有姺、邳 appears in a classical chronicle, naming 姺 and 邳 as polities in the Shang period. The Chinese character dictionary 《說文》 gives a puzzling note: 姺 may be the surname of a Shang lord described as causing disorder.

A graph in an oracle-bone inscription—a sign scratched on bone or shell for divination—from the late Shang period has two proposed readings: one links it to 侁/姺, another reads it as 失. The identification remains unsettled. In 媥姺 and 便姺, 姺 describes clothing moving lightly.

Which characters are related to 姺?

姺 connects to historical name forms and one recorded variant.

Sources connect 姺 with 莘 and 侁 in the ancient-name tradition; 莘 also appears in the related names 莘国 and 有莘氏. The graph 䢾 is recorded as a written variant of 姺, so follow the spelling in your source.

In dictionary analysis, 先 is the sound clue on the right side of 姺; 先 alone is a separate character, not the full graph.