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癫

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mentally deranged; crazy

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Strokes
21
Radical
疒 +16
Structure
Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional
癲
Common rank
#3,448
Unicode
U+766B

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Formation & memory

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How 癫 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 meaning “sickness” + 颠 sound ( diān )

Components 疒 颠

Words with 癫

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WordPinyinMeaning
子癫前症 zǐ diān qián zhèng pre-eclampsia, toxaemia of pregnancy (medicine)
发癫 fā diān to go crazy; to lose one's mind
癫痫发作 diān xián fā zuò epileptic seizure
羊癫疯 yáng diān fēng epilepsy
癫狂 diān kuáng deranged; mad; cracked; zany
疯癫 fēng diān insane; crazy
疯疯癫癫 fēng feng diān diān deranged; erratic
癫痫 diān xián epilepsy