痾

See also: 疴

Translingual

Han character

痾 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大弓中口 (KNLR), four-corner 0012₁, composition ⿸疒阿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 775, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22289
• Dae Jaweon: page 1186, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2677, character 6
• Unihan data for U+75FE

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Chinese

trad.		痾/疴
simp.		疴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	*kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻	*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵	*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵	*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴	*qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē, ē

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ, ㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ē
    • Zhuyin: ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: e
    • Wade–Giles: o¹
    • Yale: ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: e
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: o¹
    • Yale: ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: 'a

Rime
Character	痾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏何切
Baxter	'a
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/
Wang Li	/ɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	痾
Reading #	1/1
No.	7473
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	阿
Old Chinese	/*qaːl/
Notes	亦作痾

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 痾

1. ^† disease
2. ^† old grudge
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 屙 (ē, “to excrete; to have diarrhea”).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02772
• “痾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

痾

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: あ (a)
• Kan-on: あ (a)
• Kun: やまい (yamai, 痾)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
痾
あ Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 痾 (MC 'a).

Affix

痾(あ) • (a) 

1. illness; disease