胃溃疡
wèi​kuì​yáng

gastric ulcer

胃 wèi stomach

The top component is a pictograph of the stomach. The bottom component ⺼ (flesh) is a common component in body parts.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts the stomach. Modern form looks like unrelated 田.

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 7 verified)

谓渭喟猬謂蝟彙

Remnant (1)

彙

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjw+jH[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s stomach

說文解字

《說文》：“胃，穀府也。从肉、。象形。”

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)

溃 kuì flooding river Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 贵 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潰.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

贵
贵 Sound component
guì expensive

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

疡 yáng, dàng ulcers Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瘍.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

潰 kuì flooding river Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 貴 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

貴
貴 Sound component
guì expensive

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwojH[ɡʷ]ˤ[ə]j-sbreak through an embankment (of water)
Zhengzhangɡluːls

說文解字

漏也。从水貴聲。

Sources

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

瘍 ulcers Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyang[l]aŋsore, ulcer
Zhengzhanglaŋ

說文解字

頭創也。从疒昜聲。

Sources

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