Origin

This character combines the sickness radical (the left component showing illness or body conditions) with a component suggesting old age or withering. Together they create the meaning of becoming thin — the character pictures a body wasting away, which happens both through illness and through the decline that comes with aging. The pairing of "sickness" with "old age/decay" effectively conveys the idea of the body growing thin and frail.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).