癤
jiē

pimple

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
節
節 Sound component
jié holiday

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsiːɡ

Sources

Character origin
zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

疖 jiē pimple Simplified

Simplified form of 癤. Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 卩 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
卩
卩 Sound component
jié person kneeling

Sources

Character origin
zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode