驱瘟
qū​wēn

expel pestilences

驱 qū spur a horse on Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 驅.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
区
区 Sound component
qū area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瘟 wēn, wò, yūn epidemic

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

昷
昷 Sound component
wēn to feed a prisoner

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangquːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

驅 qū spur a horse on Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
區
區 Sound component
qū area

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhju[k]ʰ(r)odrive (horses) forward
Zhengzhangkʰo
kʰos
Unicodekio

說文解字

馬馳也。从馬區聲。

Sources

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