a polypus

Components

Meaning component
sick

sickness

Sound component
xi, xī breathe, rest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangslɯɡ

說文解字

寄肉也。从疒息聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica