The story of 姍

slander, slow

姍 is composed of 女(woman) and 冊(book). 冊 is the picture of bamboo slips which is used for writing in the ancient time, look like fence, fence has the meaning of obstruction, woman walks slowly as if the road is obstructed. In addition, bamboo slips was the records of words, ancient Chinese also thought that gossip was coming from woman, so 姍 has the meaning of slander.