偏疼 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

piānténg

favor

piān inclined one side

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

扁 Sound component

biǎn flat

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phjien	pʰe[n]	oblique; subordinate
Zhengzhang		pʰen
		pʰens
Unicode	piɛn

說文解字

頗也。从人扁聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

téng aches

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 冬 represents the sound.

Components

疒 Meaning component

nè sick

冬 Sound component

dōng winter

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	dɯːŋ
	duːŋ

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang