疲倦
pí​juàn HSK7

tired

疲 pí feel tired

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbje[b](r)ajweary, exhausted
Zhengzhangbral
Unicodebhyɛ

說文解字

勞也。从疒皮聲。

Sources

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

倦 juàn be tired of

A curled-up 卷 person 亻; 卷 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
卷
卷 SoundMeaning component
juǎn, juàn curl, roll

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡrons
Unicodeghyuɛ̀n

說文解字

罷也。从人卷聲。

Sources

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