躁狂抑郁症
zào​kuáng​yì​yù​zhèng

manic depression

躁 zào tense

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 喿 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
喿
喿 Sound component
zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaːws
Unicodetzɑ̀u

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

狂 kuáng insane, mad

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 往 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

往
往 SoundRemnant component
wǎng, wàng go

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

逛诳誑

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

诳誑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjwang[k-ɢʷ]aŋ mad, reckless

說文解字

《說文》：“狂，狾犬也。从犬，聲。忹，古文从心。”

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)

抑 yì press down

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 印 represents the sound. Originally written as 印 or 色.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

印
印 Sound component
yìn print

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'ik[ʔ](r)ik and, but, or
'ik[ʔ]ik rub, repress

說文解字

《說文》：“，按也。从反‘印’。抑，俗从手。”

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)

郁 yù surname Yu Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 有 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鬱.

Components

⻏
⻏ Meaning component
yì city

阝 is a component form of 邑.

有
有 Sound component
yǒu have

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'juwkqʷək stately, elegant

說文解字

《說文》：“郁，右扶風郁夷也。从邑，有聲。”

Sources

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

症 zhèng disease

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癥.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
正
正 Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

鬱 melancholy, sweet smelling Traditional

Depicts a person (大) trampling another person (勹), who is depressed, in a forest (林). 鬯 (sacrificial wine) was later added to the character since the meaning later extended to "sweet smelling".

Components

林
林 Iconic component
lín forest
大
大 Iconic component
dà, dài big

Depicts a person trampling. Modern form looks like unrelated 缶.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 大 than it was in ancient scripts.
勹
勹 Iconic component
bāo wrap

Here used to depict a depressed person being trampled. Modern form looks like unrelated 冖.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 勹 than it was in ancient scripts.
鬯
鬯 Meaning component
chàng sacrificial wine

This component was later added since the meaning of this character extended to "sweet smelling".

彡
彡 UnknownDistinguishing component
shān, xiǎn hair

This component was possibly added as decorative strokes.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jutqut blocked; anxious

說文解字

《說文》：“鬱，木叢生者。从林，省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.433-434Wiktionary
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)