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uprising qi counterflow

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approved by cochleoid · May 4, 2026, 01:13 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on May 4, 2026, 01:13 AM

This was removed earlier with no explanation or comparison of the evidence. If the case for this just saying "hiccup" is stronger then please cite something, but I think it's only defined that way in Unihan.

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A TCM disease associated with fainting. Abbreviated form of . Hiccups are also a mild form of uprising qi counterflow, but refers specifically to circulatory collapse and fainting.

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Here this means or the TCM concept of qi rather than a yawn.

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Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkod

說文解字

《說文》:“瘚,屰气也。从疒,从屰,从欠。欮,瘚或省疒。”

Sources

Character origin
《說文解字》小徐本,卷十四,p. 631。鍇注。
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica