灼伤
zhuó​shāng

burn

灼 zhuó burn

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
勺
勺 Sound component
sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpljewɢ
Unicodejiɑk

說文解字

炙也。从火勺聲。

Sources

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

伤 shāng wound Simplified

Simplified form of 傷. Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

◎
◎ Unknown component
characterless component
力
力 Simplified component
lì, li power

Shorthand for the phonetic 昜 component in the traditional character 傷.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

傷 shāng wound Traditional

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

𬀷
𬀷 SoundMeaning component
shāng to injure

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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-Sagartsyangl̥aŋ wound

說文解字

《說文》：“傷，創也。从人，省聲。”

Sources

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