Dong Chinese dictionary

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sick

Depicts a sick person (人) lying in bed (爿).

Components

爿 Iconic component

pán, qiáng

piece of wood

Depicts a bed.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 爿 than it was in ancient scripts.

人 Iconic component

rén

person

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

nè

sick; KangXi radical 104; sickness; Kang Xi radical 104; also pr. [chuáng]

Component uses

Meaning component in 125 characters (11 verified)

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

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