Saturday, November 11, 2023

Amazing Chinese Characters (636) Scables - 疥

 The big seal script of character Scables is

The left is character Bed Board (Post 635) + the top short horizontal line means Ill or Disease. Ill people normally lays on bed with a headboard to prevent the patient falling down. the inside is character Boundary (Post 270). The scables is skin disease. Skin is a boundary of body. The character is Disease + Boundary.

The small seal script of character Scables is

Similar to big seal script, the big difference is the character Person under the 一 on the right top, but it is small seal script of character Person Post 37).

The clerical script of character Scables is
The top and left is the Radical Ill, the bottom 介 is character Boundary.

The Pinyin of the character is Jie4.





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