懂中文 Dong Chinese

癬

xuǎn

ringworms

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

Components
疒 meaning component

疒  Meaning component

nè

  

sick

鮮 sound component

鮮  Sound component

xiān, xiǎn

  

fresh

Evolution

癬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
癬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

癣 (癬) 

xuǎn

ringworms; ringworm; Taiwan pr. [xiǎn]

Most common words with 癬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

癣

ringworm

牛皮癣

psoriasis

脚癣

athlete's foot

足癣

athlete's foot

头癣

favus of the scalp (skin disease)