疵
cī

flaw

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
此
此 Sound component
cǐ this

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangze
Unicodedzhiɛ

說文解字

病也。从疒此聲。

Sources

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