# 痒

| 痒 | U+75D2, &#30162; 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 0015$_1$, 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

| | 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
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yáng (yang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
*** Wade–Giles: yang$^2$
*** Yale: yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
*** Palladius: ян (jan)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: joeng$^4$
*** Yale: yèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: joeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | coeng$^4$ |
* 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)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th 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

(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)
* Kan-on: よう (yō)
From Middle Chinese 痒 (MC yang); compare Mandarin 痒 (yáng):
* Go-on: よう (yō)
* Kan-on: よう (yō)
From Middle Chinese 痒 (MC zjang):
* Go-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
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

* 痒(よう)疾(しつ) (yōshitsu)
* 痒(よう)疹(しん) (yōshin)
* 掻(そう)痒(よう)／搔(そう)痒(よう) (sōyō)
* 瘙(そう)痒(よう) (sōyō)
* 痛(つう)痒(よう) (tsūyō)
* 爬(は)痒(よう) (hayō)

## Korean
### Hanja

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