Read Edit View history 瘴 zhàng malaria pestilential vapors Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 章 represents the sound. Components 疒 疒 Meaning component nè sick 章 章 Sound component zhāng chapter, seal Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangkjaŋsUnicodechriɑng Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang