痒

See also: 癢 and 庠

Translingual

Han character

痒 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大廿手 (KTQ), four-corner 0015₁, composition ⿸疒羊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 773, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22163
• Dae Jaweon: page 1183, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2673, character 1
• Unihan data for U+75D2

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (羊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
样	*ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
佯	*zlaŋ, *laŋ
詳	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
洋	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
翔	*ljaŋ
庠	*ljaŋ
祥	*ljaŋ
痒	*ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
姜	*klaŋ
羌	*kʰlaŋ
蜣	*kʰlaŋ
猐	*kʰlaŋ
唴	*kʰlaŋs
羊	*laŋ
徉	*laŋ
烊	*laŋ
蛘	*laŋ, *laŋʔ
眻	*laŋ, *laŋs
鴹	*laŋ
恙	*laŋs
羕	*laŋs
樣	*laŋs
漾	*laŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljaŋ, *laŋʔ) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 痒 – see 癢 (“itchy; ticklish; itching to do something”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 癢).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 痒 – see 瘍 (“sore; ulcer; carbuncle; to ulcerate; to fester”). (This character is a variant form of 瘍).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		痒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²
    • Yale: yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: zjang

Rime
Character	痒
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似羊切
Baxter	zjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ziaŋ/
Wang Li	/zĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)aŋ/, /*s.[ɢ]aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	痒	痒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáng	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ yang ›	‹ zjang ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)aŋ/	/*s.[ɢ]aŋ/
English	disease; suffer	disease; harm
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	痒
Reading #	1/2
No.	14529
Phonetic component	羊
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詳
Old Chinese	/*ljaŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 痒

1. to fall ill (through worry and anxiety)

   • 哀我小心，癙憂以痒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     哀我小心，癙忧以痒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Āi wǒ xiǎoxīn, 癙yōu yǐ yáng. [Pinyin]

     Alas! through my anxious cares, my hidden sorrow goes on to make me ill.

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Japanese

Kanji

痒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. itchy

Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: かゆい (kayui, 痒い); かさ (kasa, 痒)

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Korean

Hanja

痒 • (yang) (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune–Reischauer yang, Yale yang)

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