痒

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

• 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

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

痒

1. (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.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. itchy

   Synonym: 癢

2. to fall ill

   Synonym: 恙

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)

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

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