sickness

(ne4)

Radical no. 104 · 5 strokes (104 部首 · 5 104 bùshǒu · 5 huà)

Radical ⽧ (nè) — meaning: sickness, 5 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script depicting a person lying down in bed or a patient at rest, expressing the concept of illness and bodily weakness.

Mnemonic: Remember the shape of a person lying down afflicted with sickness as the key to this "sickness" radical.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

131 characters
  • sick

    5 strokes

  • dīng

    boil

    7 strokes

  • facial skin disease

    7 strokes

  • jiē

    pimple

    7 strokes

  • liáo

    to treat

    7 strokes

  • pimple

    8 strokes

  • jiù

    chronic disease

    8 strokes

  • shàn

    hernia

    8 strokes

  • nüè

    malaria

    8 strokes

  • ulcer

    8 strokes

  • yáng

    ulcers

    8 strokes

  • fēng

    insane

    HSK 5

    9 strokes

  • zòng

    used in 瘛瘲|瘛疭[chi4 zong4]

    9 strokes

  • scar

    9 strokes

  • yóu

    nodule

    9 strokes

  • chèn

    (disease)

    9 strokes

  • jiè

    scabies

    9 strokes

  • (literary) disease

    9 strokes

  • (bound form) epidemic; plague

    9 strokes

  • used in 瘰癧|瘰疬[luo3 li4]

    9 strokes

  • chuāng

    sore

    9 strokes

  • bìng

    illness

    HSK 1

    10 strokes

  • téng

    (it) hurts; sore

    HSK 2

    10 strokes

  • zhèng

    disease

    10 strokes

  • diàn

    malarial fever

    10 strokes

  • (bound form) disease; ailment

    10 strokes

  • pào

    pimple

    10 strokes

  • weary

    10 strokes

  • gān

    (TCM) chronic pediatric malnutrition disorder

    10 strokes

  • (literary) disease

    10 strokes

  • xiè

    dysentery

    10 strokes

  • dǎn

    jaundice

    10 strokes

  • zhěn

    measles

    10 strokes

  • gangrene

    10 strokes

  • jiā

    scab

    10 strokes

  • zhà

    mumps

    10 strokes

  • yōng

    carbuncle

    10 strokes

  • jìng

    spasm

    10 strokes

  • yǎng

    to itch

    HSK 7

    11 strokes

  • hén

    scar

    11 strokes

  • quán

    to recover (from illness)

    11 strokes

  • blemish

    11 strokes

  • tōng

    moaning in pain

    11 strokes

  • bruise

    11 strokes

  • jiē

    (archaic) tertian malaria

    11 strokes

  • wěi

    a bruise or contusion

    11 strokes

  • chì

    (TCM) wind-related disease characterized by spasms, convulsions and stiffness

    11 strokes

  • zhì

    piles

    11 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.

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