偏瘫
piān​tān

hemiplegia

偏 piān inclined one side

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

扁
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjienpʰe[n]oblique; subordinate
Zhengzhangpʰen
pʰens
Unicodepiɛn

說文解字

頗也。从人扁聲。

Sources

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

瘫 tān paralysis Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 难 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癱.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
难
难 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

癱 paralysis Traditional

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
難
難 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰaːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang