癬
xuǎn

ringworms

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
鮮
鮮 Sound component
xiān, xian fresh

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjenX[s]arʔringworm
Zhengzhangsenʔ

說文解字

乾瘍也。从疒鮮聲。

Sources

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

癣 xuǎn ringworms Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 鲜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癬.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
鲜
鲜 Sound component
xiān, xian fresh

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode