Chinese Character 痧 Meanings and components.

Form

痧

Meaning

痧 meaning[3] in English

Cholera.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 痧 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are sick (疒) , and surname Sha (沙)

Its radical[1] is: 疒 (ne4) which means: Sick, Sickness, Kang Xi Radical 104, Also Pr. [Chuang2], .疒ne4sick

In cangjie it is written with KEFH

How to write 痧

To write痧sha1cholera you should write a combination of 疒ne4sick , 沙sha1surname Sha arranged in a 吕 shape:

疒 + 沙 = 痧

痧 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 痧 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 痧, looks as follow:

痧
Pinyin:sha1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Cholera
疒
Pinyin:ne4
Meaning[3]: Sick . Sickness . Kang Xi Radical 104 . Also Pr. [Chuang2]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
沙
Pinyin:sha1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Sha
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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