腘窝囊肿 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

guówōnángzhǒng

Baker's cyst

腘 guó, huò Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

wō nest Simplified

Components

穴 Meaning component

xué, jué cave

cave

呙 Sound component

guō, wāi, hé chat

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

náng, nāng bag

Phonosemantic compound. 襄 represents the sound and 橐 represents the meaning.

Components

橐 Iconic Remnant component

tuó, dù, luò a sack

Depicts a tied bag with a bottom.

襄 Sound Remnant component

xiāng aid

Change in sound

囊 and 襄 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
囊 nang
襄 sjang

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nang	nˤaŋ	sack, bag

說文解字

《說文》：“囊，橐也。从省，襄省聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 裘錫圭 "Chinese Writing" p.240-241李学勤《字源》p.557-558
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhǒng swell Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound. Simplified form of 腫.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

中 Sound component

zhōng, zhòng central

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

Traditional

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

flesh

國 Sound component

guó nation

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kʷrɯːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

wō nest Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound.

Components

穴 Meaning component

xué, jué cave

咼 Sound component

chat

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qloːl

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhǒng swell Traditional

Swollen 重 flesh ⺼; 重 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

重 Sound Meaning component

zhòng, chóng heavy

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyowngX	toŋʔ	swell, swollen; tumor
Zhengzhang		tjoŋʔ

說文解字

癰也。从肉重聲。

Sources

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