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痒
癢
yǎng
1. to itch
2. to tickle
HSK 5 Common • Top 6% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

痒
yǎng
to itch; to tickle
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

皮痒
píyǎng
(coll.) to need a spanking
痛痒
tòngyǎng
pain and itch
瘙痒
sàoyǎng
to itch
怕痒
pàyǎng
to be ticklish
痒痒
yǎngyang
to itch
抓痒
zhuāyǎng
to scratch an itch
发痒
fāyǎng
to tickle
搔痒
sāoyǎng
to scratch (an itch)
瘙痒症
sàoyǎngzhèng
pruritus
痒痒挠
yǎngyangnáo
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
羊痒疫
yángyǎngyì
scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
挠痒痒
náoyǎngyang
to tickle
瘙痒病
sàoyǎngbìng
scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
隔靴搔痒
géxuēsāoyǎng
to completely miss the main point of a topic or argument (idiom)
不痛不痒
bùtòngbùyǎng
lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what
不知痛痒
bùzhītòngyǎng
numb
不关痛痒
bùguāntòngyǎng
unimportant
心里痒痒
xīnlǐyǎngyang
lit. itchy heart
羊瘙痒病
yángsàoyǎngbìng
scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
羊瘙痒症
yángsàoyǎngzhèng
scrapie (prion disease of sheep)

Alternate Entries

痒
yǎng
variant of [[癢|痒<yǎng>]] / to itch / to tickle
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,645
Word Frequency Rank
5,445 of 84,292

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