yáng

ulcers

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
疒 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sick

昜 sound component

  Sound component

yáng

  

bright

Evolution

疡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
疡 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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yáng

ulcers, sores; infection; ulcers; sores

Most common words with 疡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

溃疡

ulcer

ulcers