⽧
sickness
nè (ne4)
Radical no. 104 · 5 strokes (第 104 部首 · 5 画 dì 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)
106 charactersRelated radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.