xián

epilepsy

Components

Meaning component
sick

sickness

Sound component
jiān, jiàn liesure

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡreːn

Sources

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

xián epilepsy Simplified

Components

Meaning component
sick

sickness

Sound component
xián fence

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode