疮疡
chuāng​yáng

sore

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

疡 yáng, dàng ulcers Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瘍.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

瘍 ulcers Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyang[l]aŋsore, ulcer
Zhengzhanglaŋ

說文解字

頭創也。从疒昜聲。

Sources

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