Memory phrase for the character: 痉

痉

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Meaning spasm, cramp

Pronunciation

jìng

Explanation

Left: disease 疒, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)

Mnemonic
 
The disease where the muscles arrange "vertically", is a spasm.

Radicals

疒 sicknessSimilar radicals are building 广 or cliff 厂.
圣 verticalShows a hand 又 vertically above ground/earth 土. It has also the meaning "holy" from a hand over an object when blessing it.
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 Vocabulary

痉挛 jìng luán  spasm; convulsion
痛性痉挛 tòng xìng jìng luán  (muscle) cramp
热痉挛 rè jìng luán  heat cramps
热痉挛 rè jìng luán  

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