沉疴
chén​kē

chronic illness

沉 chén, chēn sink

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound. Variant of 沈.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

冘
冘 Sound component
yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'um
Unicodedjhim

Sources

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

疴 kē, ē, qià illness Simplified

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːl
kʰraːls
Unicodeqɑ

說文解字

病也。从疒可聲。《五行傳》曰：“時卽有口痾。”

Sources

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

痾 illness Traditional

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

阿
阿 Sound component
ā name prefix

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang