疒
chuáng

sick

Depicts a sick person (人) lying in bed (爿).

Components

爿
爿 Iconic component
pán, qiáng piece of wood

Depicts a bed.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 爿 than it was in ancient scripts.
人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (20 of 128 verified)

病痛疗症疾疯疼疲疫癌瘦痕瘤痴痒瘫癫痰疤疮痪疚疹瘾瘟疡痹痉疙瘩痊癖瘢痔疣瘪瘸疵瘠痫癣痞痘痢疱痣疟瘀疽癞瘁瘴癜疸痿瘙痨痂痤痈疥瘛瘘疝痼痍疖癯瘿痱疴痧疠癔疳瘌疔瘰疬癍瘐瘥瘵癃瘳瘕痦瘼瘅瘊痖疰痄痃癀瘃痾痙瘭癥癆瘓療瘧癧癘痲癱癤瘡痺癡癢癰瘚癩癟癒癲瘜瘋疭癇癐癬癮癉瘲

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

瘗

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrnɯːɡ
zraŋ

說文解字

《說文》：“疒，倚也。人有疾病，象倚箸之形。”

Sources

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