疮痕
chuāng​hén

scar

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

痕 hén scar

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡɯːn
Unicodehən

說文解字

胝瘢也。从疒艮聲。

Sources

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

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