腰疼 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yāoténg

lower back pain

yāo waist

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 要 represents the sound.

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

要 Sound component

yào, yāo want

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jiew	ʔew	waist

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

疒 Meaning component

nè sick

冬 Sound component

dōng winter

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	dɯːŋ
	duːŋ