脑性痲痹
nǎo​xìng​má​bì

cerebral palsy

脑 nǎo brain Simplified

Simplified form of 腦. Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

囟
囟 Simplified component
xìn fontanel

Shorthand for the phonetic 𡿺 component in the traditional character 腦.

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性 xìng, xing nature

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

生
生 Sound component
shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjengHseŋ-s nature

說文解字

《說文》：“性，人之陽气性善者也。从心，生聲。”

Sources

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漢語多功能字庫
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

痲 má pock-marked

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

林
林 Sound component
lín forest

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmraːl

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Zhengzhang Shangfang

痹 bì paralysis Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 畀 represents the sound. Simplified form of 痺.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
畀
畀 Sound component
bì to give

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpids

說文解字

溼病也。从疒𢌿聲。

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

腦 nǎo brain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

𡿺
𡿺 SoundMeaning component
nǎo brain

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnawXnˤ[u]ʔ brain

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

痺 bì paralysis Traditional

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
卑
卑 Sound component
bēi humble, inferior

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpe

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica