瘧
nüèyào

intermittent fever

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
虐
虐 Sound component
nüè cruel

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋawɢ

說文解字

《說文》：“瘧，熱寒休作。从疒，从虐，虐亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

疟 nüè, yào malaria Simplified

Simplified form of 瘧. Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 虐 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
虐
虐 SoundSimplifiedRemnant component
nüè cruel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode