xuǎn

ringworms

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
疒 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sick

鮮 sound component

  Sound component

xiānxiǎn

  

fresh

Evolution

癬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
癬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xuǎn

ringworms; ringworm; Taiwan pr. [xiǎn]

Most common words with 癬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

ringworm

牛皮癣

psoriasis

脚癣

athlete's foot

足癣

athlete's foot

头癣

favus of the scalp (skin disease)