挖肉补疮
wā​ròu​bǔ​chuāng

stopgap measure

挖 wā dig

To dig out 扌 a hollow 穵; 穵 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
穵
穵 SoundMeaning component
wā, yà deep hollow

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷriːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

肉 ròu meat

Pictograph of a piece of meat.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (5)

有多将骨將

Meaning (1 of 4 verified)

腐脔胬臠

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

瘸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuwkk.nuk meat, flesh

說文解字

《說文》：“肉，胾肉。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.338
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

补 bǔ mend, patch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 補.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

卜
卜 Sound component
bo fortune telling

Sources

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

疮 chuāng tumor Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瘡.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

補 bǔ mend, patch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpuX[Cə]-pˤaʔ to patch

說文解字

《說文》：“補，完衣也。从衣，甫聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

瘡 tumor Traditional

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhjang[tsʰ]raŋboil, tumor
Zhengzhangsʰraŋ
Unicodechriɑng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang