痨瘵
láo​zhài

tuberculosis

痨 láo, lào consumption Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 劳 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癆.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
劳
劳 Sound component
láo labor

Sources

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瘵 zhài, jì a wasting disease

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

祭
祭 Sound component
jì, zhài sacrifice to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrɛjH[ts](ˤ)re[t]-ssuffer; distress
Zhengzhangʔsreːds

說文解字

病也。从疒祭聲。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

癆 consumption Traditional

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
勞
勞 Sound component
láo labor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːw
raːw
raːws

說文解字

朝鮮謂藥毒曰癆。从疒勞聲。

Sources

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