癬 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xuǎn

ringworms

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

Components

疒 Meaning component

nè

sick

鮮 Sound component

xiān, xiǎn

fresh

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

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)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[s]arʔ	sjenX	xuǎn	ringworm

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4067th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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