肺
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lung; CL:個|个[ge4]
Formation & memory
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How 肺 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ meaning “flesh” + 巿 sound ()
Components ⺼ 巿
How to remember it
lungs · Heisig RSH #420
市 market + flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 肺
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肺心病 | pulmonary heart disease (medicine) | |
| 肺通气 | pulmonary ventilation (medicine) | |
| 大叶性肺炎 | lobar pneumonia | |
| 心肺复苏术 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) | |
| 肺结核病 | tuberculosis, TB | |
| 黑肺病 | black lung disease; coal workers' pneumoconiosis | |
| 肺炎克雷伯氏菌 | Klebsiella pnenmoniae | |
| 没心没肺 | simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless; nitwitted | |
| 支原体肺炎 | Mycoplasma pneumonia | |
| 肺活量 | (medicine) vital capacity | |
| 肺结节 | (medicine) pulmonary nodule | |
| 肺刺激性毒剂 | lung irritant | |
| 肺炎双球菌 | Diplococcus pneumoniae | |
| 慢性阻塞性肺病 | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | |
| 肺结核 | tuberculosis; TB | |
| 水肺 | scuba | |
| 心肺 | the heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary | |
| 肺动脉 | pulmonary artery | |
| 肺病 | lung disease | |
| 新冠肺炎 | COVID-19, the coronavirus disease identified in 2019 |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 巿 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巿 sound part | to revolve, to turn, to make a circuit | |
| 芾 | flower; lush, luxuriant | |
| 旆 | banner, flag; ornament |