zhàng​lì

miasmatic disease

zhàng malaria pestilential vapors

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sick
Sound component
zhāng chapter, seal

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkjaŋs
Unicodechriɑng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

lì, lài a sore Simplified

Ten thousand  sick people 

Components

Meaning component
sick
Meaning component
wàn ten thousand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

a sore Traditional

Ten thousand  sick people 

Components

Meaning component
sick
Meaning component
wàn ten thousand

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangm·rads
Unicodeliɛ̀i

說文解字

惡疾也。从疒,蠆省聲。

Sources

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