瘀滞
yū​zhì

stasis

瘀 yū a hematoma

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
於
於 Sound component
yū, wū in

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqas

說文解字

積血也。从疒於聲。

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

滞 zhì, chì block up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 带 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滯.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

带
带 Sound component
dài belt

Sources

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Unicode

滯 block up Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 帶 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

帶
帶 Sound component
dài belt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjejH[d]r[a][t]-sobstruct
Zhengzhangdads
Unicodedjhiɛ̀i

說文解字

凝也。从水帶聲。

Sources

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