jiā

scab

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sick
Sound component
jiā add

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkraːl

說文解字

疥也。从疒加聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica