痲痹

痲 má pock-marked

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

林
林 Sound component
lín forest

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmraːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

痹 bì paralysis Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 畀 represents the sound. Simplified form of 痺.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
畀
畀 Sound component
bì to give

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpids

說文解字

溼病也。从疒𢌿聲。

Sources

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

痺 bì paralysis Traditional

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
卑
卑 Sound component
bēi humble, inferior

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpe

Sources

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