芳疗
fāng​liáo

aromatherapy

芳 fāng fragrant

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-Sagartphjang[pʰ]aŋfragrant
Zhengzhangpʰaŋ
Unicodepiɑng

說文解字

香艸也。从艸方聲。

Sources

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

疗 liáo be healed Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 了 represents the sound. Simplified form of 療.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
了
了 Sound component
le, liǎo, liào finish

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

療 liáo be healed Traditional

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrews

說文解字

《說文》：“，治也。从疒，樂聲。療或从尞。”

Sources

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