痔
zhì

hemorrhoids

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
寺
寺 Sound component
sì, shì temple

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdɯʔ

說文解字

後病也。从疒寺聲。

Sources

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