The Chinese Radical: 疒


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Meaning
sickness    疒

Explanation Similar radicals are building 广 or cliff 厂.

Used in these characters:
病
JLPT HSK 2
sickness, illness, disease
bìng
疒 丙
Outside: illness/disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: third/C 丙 (one 一 outside, two λ strokes inside 内 makes 3)
This disease makes every third person sick.  
疼
JLPT HSK 3
(it) hurts, ache, pain, sore
téng
疒 冬
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: winter 冬 (With an upturned foot 夂 on the ice 冫in the winter.)
A disease like winter: It hurts.  
瘦
JLPT HSK 3
thin, to lose weight, meager
shòu
疒 叟
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: old gentleman 叟 (He leans with the hands E 彐 on a stick 丨 that serves as a 3rd hand 又)
The sickness of the old gentleman is that he is meager.  
痛
JLPT HSK 5
pain, ache, sorrow, deeply, thoroughly
tòng
疒 マ 甬
Top: sick 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), below: 甬 (bent person マ, use 用 [= A fence 用 can be used])
The disease that a bent person has (when climbing) over a fence, is: pain.  
疗
JLPT HSK 5
medical treatment, to cure, therapy
liáo
疒 了
Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: past tense identifier, to fulfill 了 (The still arm-less 了 child 子 should be completed.)
Turning the disease into 'history', means: treatment. - Or: The disease of the arm-less 了 child 子, shall be treated.  
疯
JLPT HSK 5
insane, mad, wild
fēng
疒 風
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: Wind 风/風 (The insect 虫 is blown into the sail 几 by the wind 风.)
The disease when you behave as fickle as the wind is: insanity.  
疲
JLPT HSK 5
tired, weary, exhausted
pí
疒 皮
Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: skin 皮 (A hand 又 peels off the animal the skin 厂 with a knife 丨.)
The 'disease' (visible) at the skin is the tiredness.  
痒
JLPT HSK 5
to itch, to tickle
yǎng
疒 羊
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
(Woolen sweaters often itch:) The disease, like with sheep's wool, is itchy.  
症
JLPT HSK 6
illness, disease, symptom
zhēng, zhèng
疒 正
Outside: illness/disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), below: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct)
This disease is a correct/real disease.  
疫
JLPT HSK 6
epidemic, plague
yì
疒 殳
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
A disease striking like a "weapon in a hand", is: an epidemic.  
癌
JLPT HSK 6
cancer, carcinoma
ái, yán
疒 品 山
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: 嵒 (goods 品 [here: scattered metastases], mountain 山)
The disease where the metastases are mountain-like is: cancer.  
疾
JLPT HSK 6
sickness, disease, hate, envy, swift
jí
疒 矢
Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
A sickness caused by an arrow is a sickness, that comes swiftly.  
痕
JLPT HSK 6
scar, traces
hén
疒 艮
Outside: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
The disease was not good, it left scars and traces.  
瘤
JLPT HSK 6
tumor
liú
疒 留
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: remain 留 (The bent person with the sword 刀 shall on the field 田 to remain)
The disease, where sth. remains, is a tumor.  
嫉
JLPT HSK 6
jealousy, be jealous of
jí
女 疒 矢
Left: woman 女, right: illness/quick 疾 (The disease 疒 is arrow-矢-like fast, because it makes sick quickly.)
Men don't have it? (Only) women have this rapid-as-an-arrow disease: jealousy.  
瘫
JLPT HSK 6
paralyzed, limp
tān
疒 难 又 隹
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: difficult 难 (by hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult)
The disease, where you have difficulties, is when being paralyzed.  
疤
JLPT HSK 6
scar
bā
疒 巴
Left: sickness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: hope 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.)
At a disease you hope that it (only) results in a scar.  
痪
JLPT HSK 6
disease, illness
huàn
疒 奂
Top: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), inside: 奂 (shows a woman giving birth; better recognizable in the traditional: 瘓 with head ⺈, two breasts ハ and spread legs 人)
The "disease" of woman giving birth, means in general: disease.  
瘾
JLPT HSK 6
addiction, craving, strong urge
yǐn
疒 急
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: conceal,hide 隐 (In the hill 阝 it was urgently 急 hidden.)
A disease, that is hidden, is the addiction.  
患
JLPT HSK 6
to suffer (from illness), misfortune, worry
huàn
串 心 疒
Top: chain 串 (two pearls 口 on a string 丨), below: heart 心
Like a chain around my heart, is how I suffer the illness.  
痹
JLPT HSK 6
paralysis, numbness
bì
疒 田 廾
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: 畀 (Rice field 田, two hands 廾 without the upper parts)
The disease, when at the field's work the hands are (almost) missing: The paralysis.  
疙
JLPT HSK 6
pimple, rash, wart, pustule, swelling of the skin
gē
疒 乞
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: to beg 乞 (There lies a disadvantaged [= from the second 乙 [=two 二] class of society] and begs) [ = lying person 人]
The disease of a lying beggar is: rash.  
瘩
JLPT HSK 6
eczema, swelling or lump on skin, pimple
dá
疒 荅 合
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: 荅 (plant 艹, fit 合 [the lid on the pot 口])
The diseases, where plants are fitting (to cure) are eczema.  
瘸
JLPT HSK 6
crippled, lame
qué
疒 加 肉
Outside: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: to add 加, body 肉
The disease that looks like "adding body/flesh" is to be: crippled.  
痴
JLPT no HSK
stupid, imbecile, sentimental, foolish, silly
chī
疒 知
Outside: disease, illness 疒 (An ice 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: to know 知 (The arrow 矢 has a target 口, which it knows.)
The disease in respect to knowledge is to be: stupid.  
癫
JLPT no HSK
convulsions, crazy, mentally deranged
diān
疒 真 頁
Outside: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), inside: apex, inverted 颠 (It is truely 真 that the forehead 页 is the apex, where you return/inverte)
The disease, where you "inverte" are the convulsions of a crazy person.  
痰
JLPT no HSK
spittle, phlegm
tán
疒 炎
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: flame, inflammation (of a disease) 炎
The disease in respect to (the missing inner) flame is: a phlegm. Or: ... where you have a burning spittle.  
疮
JLPT no HSK
skin ulcer, sore
chuāng
疒 仓
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), inside: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)
The disease bulging 人 on a slumped person 㔾 is the: ulcer.  
疚
JLPT no HSK
chronic disease, guilt, remorse
jiù
疒
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: long time 久
A disease over a long time is: chronic.  
疹
JLPT no HSK
measles, rash, eczema
zhěn
疒 㐱
Left: disease (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: 㐱 (person 人 with hair 彡 [here: with points])
The disease when the person gets points is measles.  
瘟
JLPT no HSK
infection, epidemic, plague, pestilence
wēn
疒 日 皿
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: 昷 (variant of warm 温 = The water 氵 on a sunny 日 plate 皿 becomes warm.)
(You get fever:) The disease of heat is: an infection.  
疡
JLPT no HSK
ulcer, infection
yáng
疒 易
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: sun with sunrays 易 (瘍 simplified to 疡)
The disease that extends like with rays/shining is the: ulcer.  
痉
JLPT no HSK
spasm, cramp
jìng
疒 圣
Left: disease 疒, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
The disease where the muscles arrange "vertically", is a spasm.  
痊
JLPT no HSK
recover (from illness), be healed/cured
quán
疒 全
Outside: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: all 全 (The person 人 of the king 王 means all.)
A disease where the person feels like a king, was healed, (.. or he recovered).  
癖
JLPT no HSK
habit, hobby
pǐ
疒 辟
Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
Like a disease is anal penetration if it becomes a habit.  
瘢
JLPT no HSK
scar, mark on the skin
bān
疒 般 舟 殳
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: manner, kind 般 (Boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe /殳 in hand 又 in particular manner.)
A disease brings in certain manner also a scar.  
痔
JLPT no HSK
hemorrhoid, piles
zhì
疒 寺
Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Caused by long sitting on cold stones?) The disease from the temple are the: hemorrhoids.  
疣
JLPT no HSK
wart, nodule, clavus/corn
yóu
疒 尤 尢
Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [=乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person outstanding.)
The disease of the big 大 special person is a: wart/calvus 丶.  
瘪
JLPT no HSK
deflated, shriveled, sunken, empty
biě
疒 自 仑
Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: self 自 (The accented ノ eye 目 shows the own self.), 仑 (= 人 + 匕)
The disease, where you yourself 自 change from a upright person 人 to a sitting person 匕, is being: deflated.  
疵
JLPT no HSK
deficiency, blemish, flaw, defect
cī
疒 此
Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: this 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person)
Whoever has the disease of always having to stop and sitting down has: a deficiency.  

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