痰
tán HSK7

phlegm

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
炎
炎 Sound component
yán flame

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'aːm

Sources

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