illness

Components

Meaning component
sick

sickness

Sound component
able to

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːl
kʰraːls
Unicode

說文解字

病也。从疒可聲。《五行傳》曰:“時卽有口痾。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

illness Traditional

Components

Meaning component
sick

sickness

Sound component
ā name prefix

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang