癫痫
diān​xián

epilepsy

癫 diān crazy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 颠 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癲.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
颠
颠 Sound component
diān top

Sources

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Unicode

痫 xián epilepsy Simplified

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

闲
闲 Sound component
xián fence

Sources

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癲 crazy Traditional

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
顛
顛 Sound component
diān top

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtiːn

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

癇 epilepsy Traditional

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

閒
閒 Sound component
jiān, jiàn liesure

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡreːn

Sources

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