Home / Hanzi / 疾

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

疾

(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,384 U+75BE

How 疾 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 (semantic, “sickness”) + 矢 (phonetic, shǐ)

components: 疒 矢

How to remember it

rapid · Heisig RSH #2670

矢 dart + sickness

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 矢

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 矢 (shǐ) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
矢 sound component shǐ arrow, dart; to vow, to swear
知 zhī to know, to perceive, to comprehend
雉 zhì pheasant; crenellated wall
彘 zhì swine
矧 shěn interrogative particle; much more, still more

Words containing 疾

WordPinyinMeaning
中国残疾人联合会 Zhōng guó Cán jí rén Lián hé huì China Disabled Persons' Federation
心血管疾病 xīn xuè guǎn jí bìng cardiovascular disease
脑血管疾病 nǎo xuè guǎn jí bìng cerebrovascular disease
疾风知劲草,烈火见真金 jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom); fig…
精神疾病 jīng shén jí bìng mental illness
藏毛性疾病 cáng máo xìng jí bìng pilonidal disease
遗传性疾病 yí chuán xìng jí bìng genetic disorder
性疾病 xìng jí bìng sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease
手疾眼快 shǒu jí yǎn kuài see 眼疾手快[yan3 ji2 shou3 kuai4]
眼疾手快 yǎn jí shǒu kuài (idiom) quick to notice and react
解离性人格疾患 jiě lí xìng rén gé jí huàn dissociative identity disorder; multiple personality disorder
疾控中心 jí kòng zhōng xīn Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); abbr. for 疾病預防控製中心|疾病预防控制中心[ji2 bing4 yu…
疾风知劲草 jí fēng zhī jìng cǎo lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom); fig. strength of character is revealed in…
大声疾呼 dà shēng jí hū to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention; to make one's views known
无疾而终 wú jí ér zhōng (lit.) to die without illness (idiom); (fig.) to result in failure (without any outside in…
积劳成疾 jī láo chéng jí to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork
痛心疾首 tòng xīn jí shǒu bitter and hateful (idiom); to grieve and lament (over sth)
疾风劲草 jí fēng jìng cǎo lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom); fig. strength of character is revealed in…
慢性疾病 màn xìng jí bìng chronic illness; disease that takes effect slowly
自体免疫疾病 zì tǐ miǎn yì jí bìng autoimmune disease