feel tired

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sick
Sound component
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

fall in ruins

Components

Meaning component
earth

earth

Unknown component
sun
Unknown component
feather

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang