绞痛
jiǎo​tòng

angina

绞 jiǎo, xiáo, jiào twist Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絞.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

交
交 Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Sources

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痛 tòng pain

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthuwngHl̥ˤoŋ-s to be pained

說文解字

《說文》：“痛，病也。从疒，甬聲。”

Sources

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

絞 twist Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

交
交 Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkæwXk-rˤ[i]wʔ (dialect: *k.rˤ- > *kˤr-)twist; strangle
Zhengzhangkreːwʔ

說文解字

縊也。从交从糸。

Sources

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