疼惜 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

téngxī

cherish

téng aches

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

疒 Meaning component

nè sick

冬 Sound component

dōng winter

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	dɯːŋ
	duːŋ

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound.

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

昔 Sound component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjek	[s]Ak	regret; alas

《說文》：“惜，痛也。从心，昔聲。”