痂
jiā

scab

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkraːl

說文解字

疥也。从疒加聲。

Sources

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