痴
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imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 疒 +8
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 痴
- Common rank
- #1,991
- Unicode
- U+75F4
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
idiotic · Heisig RSH #2667
sickness + 知 know
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 痴
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老年性痴呆症 | senile dementia | |
| 痴人说梦 | lunatic ravings; nonsense | |
| 老年痴呆症 | senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease | |
| 如痴如醉 | (idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured | |
| 如醉如痴 | see 如癡如醉|如痴如醉[ru2 chi1 ru2 zui4] | |
| 早老性痴呆 | (coll.) Alzheimer's disease | |
| 痴心 | infatuation | |
| 老年痴呆 | senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease | |
| 白痴 | idiocy; idiot | |
| 花痴 | to be smitten with sb; love-struck fool; starry-eyed infatuation | |
| 痴长 | to not be wiser despite being older; (humble) to be older than (you) by | |
| 路痴 | person with a poor sense of direction | |
| 音痴 | tone deaf | |
| 情痴 | infatuated; lovesick person | |
| 痴情 | infatuation | |
| 痴心妄想 | to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion; wishful t… | |
| 痴汉 | molester (loanword from Japanese "chikan"); idiot; fool | |
| 痴笑 | to giggle foolishly; to titter | |
| 痴想 | to daydream; wishful thinking; pipe dream | |
| 痴呆症 | dementia |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 知 — compare how they read.