懂中文 Dong Chinese

癆

láo

consumption

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

Components
疒 meaning component

疒  Meaning component

nè

  

sick

勞 sound component

勞  Sound component

láo

  

labor

Evolution

癆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
癆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

痨 (癆) 

láo

consumption; tuberculosis

Most common words with 癆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

痨

tuberculosis

肺痨

tuberculosis

痨病

tuberculosis (TCM)

五痨七伤

(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wǔ​zàng], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)