瘾

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addiction; craving

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 meaning “sickness” + 隐 sound ( yǐn )

Components 疒隐

addiction · Heisig RSH #2671

sickness + 隐 hidden

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
瘾头儿	yǐn tóu r	erhua variant of 癮頭\|瘾头[yin3 tou2]
成瘾性	chéng yǐn xìng	addictiveness
吸毒成瘾	xī dú chéng yǐn	drug addiction
网络成瘾	wǎng luò chéng yǐn	Internet addiction; net addiction; web addiction
过干瘾	guò gān yǐn	to satisfy a craving with substitutes
瘾君子	yǐn jūn zǐ	addict (esp. a heavy smoker or drug addict, often jocular or disparaging)
瘾头	yǐn tóu	craving; addiction
性瘾	xìng yǐn	sexual addiction
上瘾	shàng yǐn	to get into a habit; to become addicted
成瘾	chéng yǐn	to be addicted; addiction
过瘾	guò yǐn	to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth; gratifying; immensely enjoyable; satisfyin…
网瘾	wǎng yǐn	Internet addiction; net addiction; web addiction
酒瘾	jiǔ yǐn	alcohol addiction
毒瘾	dú yǐn	drug addiction
烟瘾	yān yǐn	the urge to smoke; tobacco addiction
猪瘾	zhū yǐn	(slang) craving to eat; urge to pig out