瘫

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paralyzed

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 meaning “sickness” + 难 sound ( nán )

Components 疒难

paralysis · Heisig RSH #2663

sickness + 难 difficult

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
高位截瘫	gāo wèi jié tān	(medicine) high paraplegia
北京瘫	Běi jīng tān	"Beijing slouch", sitting posture said to be adopted esp. by Beijingers, popularized by 葛優…
瘫子	tān zi	paralyzed person
面瘫	miàn tān	facial nerve paralysis
风瘫	fēng tān	to be paralyzed
脑瘫	nǎo tān	cerebral palsy
瘫软	tān ruǎn	limp; weak
偏瘫	piān tān	paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia
截瘫	jié tān	paraplegia; paralysis
疯瘫	fēng tān	variant of 風癱\|风瘫[feng1 tan1]
陷于瘫痪	xiàn yú tān huàn	to be paralyzed; to come to a standstill
瘫痪	tān huàn	(medicine) to suffer paralysis; (fig.) to be paralyzed; to break down; to come to a stands…

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
难 sound part	nán	hard, difficult, arduous; unable
摊	tān	to spread out, to open, to allot; a merchant's stand
傩	nuó	rich