疾
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(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 疒 +5
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 疾
- Common rank
- #1,384
- Unicode
- U+75BE
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
rapid · Heisig RSH #2670
矢 dart + sickness
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 疾
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国残疾人联合会 | China Disabled Persons' Federation | |
| 心血管疾病 | cardiovascular disease | |
| 脑血管疾病 | cerebrovascular disease | |
| 疾风知劲草，烈火见真金 | lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom); fig… | |
| 精神疾病 | mental illness | |
| 藏毛性疾病 | pilonidal disease | |
| 遗传性疾病 | genetic disorder | |
| 性疾病 | sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease | |
| 手疾眼快 | see 眼疾手快[yan3 ji2 shou3 kuai4] | |
| 眼疾手快 | (idiom) quick to notice and react | |
| 解离性人格疾患 | dissociative identity disorder; multiple personality disorder | |
| 疾控中心 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); abbr. for 疾病預防控製中心|疾病预防控制中心[ji2 bing4 yu… | |
| 疾风知劲草 | lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom); fig. strength of character is revealed in… | |
| 大声疾呼 | to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention; to make one's views known | |
| 无疾而终 | (lit.) to die without illness (idiom); (fig.) to result in failure (without any outside in… | |
| 积劳成疾 | to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork | |
| 痛心疾首 | bitter and hateful (idiom); to grieve and lament (over sth) | |
| 疾风劲草 | lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom); fig. strength of character is revealed in… | |
| 慢性疾病 | chronic illness; disease that takes effect slowly | |
| 自体免疫疾病 | autoimmune disease |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 矢 — compare how they read.