疖 jiē pimple Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Simplified form of 癤. Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 卩 represents the sound. Components 疒 疒 Meaning component nè sick 卩 卩 Sound component jié person kneeling Sources Character origin zi.toolsReadings & variants Unicode 癤 pimple Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 節 represents the sound. Components 疒 疒 Meaning component nè sick 節 節 Sound component jié holiday Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔsiːɡ Sources Character origin zi.toolsReadings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang