痒

See also: 癢 and 庠

痒	U+75D2, 痒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75D2

← 痑
[U+75D1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

痓 →
[U+75D3]

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

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

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/

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/
Bernhard 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

痒

(archaic) 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, shǔyōu yǐ yáng. [Pinyin]
  Alas! through my anxious cares, my hidden sorrow goes on to make me ill.

Japanese

Kanji

痒

(Hyōgai kanji)

itchy
Synonym: 癢
to fall ill
Synonym: 恙

Readings

From Middle Chinese 痒 (MC yangX); compare Mandarin 痒 (yǎng):

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 痒 (MC yang); compare Mandarin 痒 (yáng):

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 痒 (MC zjang):

Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: かさ (kasa, 痒)、かゆい (kayui, 痒い)、やまい (yamai, 痒)、やむ (yamu, 痒む)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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