疥疮
jiè​chuāng

scabies

疥 jiè scabies

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

介
介 Sound component
jiè to lie between

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkɛjHC.kˤr[e][p]-sscabby disease
Zhengzhangkreːds

說文解字

搔也。从疒介聲。

Sources

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

疮 chuāng tumor Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瘡.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瘡 tumor Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 倉 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhjang[tsʰ]raŋboil, tumor
Zhengzhangsʰraŋ
Unicodechriɑng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang