喉痧
hóu​shā

scarlet fever

喉 hóu throat

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 侯 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
侯
侯 Sound component
hóu, hòu marquis

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthuw[ɡ]ˤ(r)othroat
Zhengzhangɡoː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

痧 shā cholera

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

沙
沙 Sound component
shā sand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode