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瘸

qué

lame

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
16
Radical
疒 +11
Structure
Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional
瘸
Common rank
#4,090
Unicode
U+7638

Formation & memory

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How 瘸 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 meaning “sickness” + 加 sound ( jiā )

Components 疒 加 肉

Words with 瘸

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi to limp; to hobble
瘸子 qué zi lame person (colloquial)
瘸腿 qué tuǐ crippled; lame; a cripple; a lame person
瘸帮 Qué bāng Crips (gang)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 加 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
加 sound part jiā to add to, to increase, to augment
架 jià frame, rack, stand; to prop up
驾 jià to drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart
嘉 jiā excellent; joyful; auspicious
咖 kā coffee; used in transliterations
伽 jiā temple; used to transliterations
茄 qié eggplant
迦 jiā used in transliterations
痂 jiā scab
枷 jiā the stocks, a cangue scaffold
跏 jiā to squat, to sit cross-legged
袈 jiā Buddhist cassock
笳 jiā reed whistle