Memory phrase for the character: 痰

痰

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Meaning

spittle, phlegm

Pronunciation

tán

Explanation

 Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: flame, inflammation (of a disease) 炎

Mnemonic
 
The disease in respect to (the missing inner) flame is: a phlegm. Or: ... where you have a burning spittle.

Radicals

疒 sicknessSimilar radicals are building 广 or cliff 厂.
炎 flame, inflammation




 Vocabulary

祛痰 qū tán  to dispel phlegm (general term of traditional Chinese medicine)
祛痰药 qū tán yào  medicine to dispel phlegm (in traditional Chinese medicine)
黏痰 nián tán  phlegm
黏痰 nián tán  

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