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痧

shā

cholera; colic

🔤 Pictophonetic: 疒 (sickness) provides meaning, 沙 provides pronunciation

HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (58%)

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Component Breakdown

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sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated

⿸疒沙 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

nè

疒

sickness, disease

5 strokes

guǎng

广

broad, vast, wide; building, house

💡 Ideographic: A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building

3 strokes HSK 4

bīng

冫

ice

2 strokes

shā

沙

sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 少 provides pronunciation

7 strokes HSK 4

shuǐ

氵

water

3 strokes

shǎo

少

few, little; less; inadequate

📷 Pictographic: Grains of sand; 小 provides the pronunciation and meaning

4 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

Words Using 痧 (5)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

刮痧 ↗

guāshā

gua sha (technique in TCM)

guāshā

刮痧 ↗

gua sha (technique in TCM)

folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation

jiūshā

揪痧 ↗

folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation

cholera (with dehydration)

biěluóshā

瘪螺痧 ↗

cholera (with dehydration)