抓痒
zhuā​yǎng

scratch

抓 zhuā scratch

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 瓜 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

爪
爪 SoundMeaning component
zhǎo, zhuǎ hand, claw

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsraew[ts](ˤ)ru grasp
tsraewXtsˤ<r>uʔ grasp

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

痒 yǎng variant of 癢|痒[yǎng] Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癢.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
羊
羊 Sound component
yáng sheep

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyang[ɢ](r)aŋdisease; suffer
zjangs.[ɢ]aŋdisease; harm
Zhengzhangljaŋ
laŋʔ

說文解字

瘍也。从疒羊聲。

Sources

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

癢 itch Traditional

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
養
養 Sound component
yǎng raise, bring up

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyangXCə.ɢaŋʔitch
Zhengzhanglaŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang