Amazing Chinese Characters (652) Wife's Maid - 媵

The bronze script of character Wife's Maid is

In ancient time, the Kings or Tribal Leaders married with wife who had escorting maid(s) coming with her, all the maids are King's, or Tribal Leader's wives but the family status are lower than the formal wife. The maids had to do many works, even some heavy works. The character left + the right is character I or Me Emperor self claim, here are Kings or Tribal Leaders. the middle bottom is character Woman (Post 20). The character means that the King's or Tribal Leader's Lady, or the Woman under the cover of King or Tribal Leader. 

The big seal script of character Wife's Maid is

The left, right top, and middle form character I or Me Emperor self Claim, here means King or Tribal Leader, the right bottom is character Woman.

The small seal script of character Wife's Maid is

Similar structure to big seal script. The left is character Boat which is right, not character Moon like in big seal script, which is wrong. The right top is character Fire, which is wrong. 

The clerical script of character Wife's Maid is

Character I or Me Emperor self Claim + character Woman.

The Pinyin of the character is Ying4.

The character is not used anymore, because it is illegal to have multiple wives.