疡
yáng

ulcers

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瘍.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瘍 ulcers Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyang[l]aŋsore, ulcer
Zhengzhanglaŋ

說文解字

頭創也。从疒昜聲。

Sources

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