bān

scar

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sick
Sound component
bān sort

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbaːn

說文解字

痍也。从疒般聲。

Sources

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