疣
yóu

wart

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
尤
尤 SoundIconic component
yóu especially

Depicts a hand with a wart on it.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷɯ

說文解字

《說文》：“，顫也。从頁尤聲。疣，或从疣。”

Sources

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