消肿
xiāo​zhǒng

reduce swelling

消 xiāo vanish

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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-Sagartsjew[s]ew dissolve; disappear

說文解字

《說文》：“消，盡也。从水，肖聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

肿 zhǒng swell Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound. Simplified form of 腫.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

中
中 Sound component
zhōng, zhòng central

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

腫 zhǒng swell Traditional

Swollen 重 flesh ⺼; 重 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
重
重 SoundMeaning component
zhòng, chóng heavy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyowngXtoŋʔswell, swollen; tumor
Zhengzhangtjoŋʔ

說文解字

癰也。从肉重聲。

Sources

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