癰
yōng

carbuncle

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

雝
雝 Sound component
yōng marsh

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔjowngq(r)oŋulcer
Zhengzhangqoŋ

說文解字

腫也。从疒雝聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

痈 yōng carbuncle Simplified

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

用
用 Sound component
yòng, yong use

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode