截瘫
jié​tān

paraplegia

截 jié cut off

Components

𢦏
𢦏 SoundMeaning component
zāi to cut
隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzet[dz]ˤet cut, trim

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

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