痒

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to itch; to tickle

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 meaning “sickness” + 羊 sound ( yáng )

Components 疒羊

itch · Heisig RSH #2662

sickness + 羊 sheep

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不痛不痒	bù tòng bù yǎng	lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what; fig. not…
不关痛痒	bù guān tòng yǎng	unimportant; of no consequence
无关痛痒	wú guān tòng yǎng	(idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant
七年之痒	qī nián zhī yǎng	seven-year itch
不知痛痒	bù zhī tòng yǎng	numb; unfeeling; indifferent; inconsequential
虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁	shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu	(lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's …
手痒	shǒu yǎng	(fig.) to itch (to do sth)
心里痒痒	xīn lǐ yǎng yang	to feel a strong urge (to do sth)
发痒	fā yǎng	to tickle; to itch
皮痒	pí yǎng	(coll.) to need a spanking
虱多不痒	shī duō bù yǎng	(lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom); (fig.) to be …
技痒	jì yǎng	to itch to demonstrate one's skill
痛痒	tòng yǎng	pain and itch; sufferings; importance; consequence
羊痒疫	yáng yǎng yì	scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
抓痒	zhuā yǎng	to scratch an itch
羊瘙痒病	yáng sào yǎng bìng	scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
怕痒	pà yǎng	to be ticklish
羊瘙痒症	yáng sào yǎng zhèng	scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
痒痒	yǎng yang	to itch; to tickle
瘙痒病	sào yǎng bìng	scrapie (prion disease of sheep)

Characters sharing the sound component 羊 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
羊 sound part	yáng	sheep, goat
洋	yáng	sea, ocean; western, foreign
养	yǎng	to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
样	yàng	form, pattern, shape, style
氧	yǎng	oxygen
鲜	xiān	fresh; delicious; attractive
祥	xiáng	happiness, good fortune; auspicious
详	xiáng	complete, detailed, thorough
翔	xiáng	to soar, to hover, to glide
羌	qiāng	Qiang nationality; surname
恙	yàng	illness, sickness; indisposition
羟	qiǎng	hydroxide
佯	yáng	to pretend, to feign; false, deceitful
徉	yáng	to wander, to stray, to roam; to hesitate
烊	yáng	to smelt; to close for the night
庠	xiáng	village school; teach
羰	tāng	carbonyl group
蛘	yáng	rice weevil