肺
lung; CL:個|个[ge4]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,424 U+80BA
How 肺 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 巿 (phonetic, fú)
components: ⺼ 巿
How to remember it
lungs · Heisig RSH #420
市 market + flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 巿
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 巿 (fú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巿 sound component | fú | to revolve, to turn, to make a circuit |
| 芾 | fèi | flower; lush, luxuriant |
| 旆 | pèi | banner, flag; ornament |
Words containing 肺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肺心病 | fèi xīn bìng | pulmonary heart disease (medicine) |
| 肺通气 | fèi tōng qì | pulmonary ventilation (medicine) |
| 大叶性肺炎 | dà yè xìng fèi yán | lobar pneumonia |
| 心肺复苏术 | xīn fèi fù sū shù | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) |
| 肺结核病 | fèi jié hé bìng | tuberculosis, TB |
| 黑肺病 | hēi fèi bìng | black lung disease; coal workers' pneumoconiosis |
| 肺炎克雷伯氏菌 | fèi yán Kè léi bó shì jūn | Klebsiella pnenmoniae |
| 没心没肺 | méi xīn méi fèi | simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless; nitwitted |
| 支原体肺炎 | zhī yuán tǐ fèi yán | Mycoplasma pneumonia |
| 肺活量 | fèi huó liàng | (medicine) vital capacity |
| 肺结节 | fèi jié jié | (medicine) pulmonary nodule |
| 肺刺激性毒剂 | fèi cì jī xìng dú jì | lung irritant |
| 肺炎双球菌 | fèi yán shuāng qiú jūn | Diplococcus pneumoniae |
| 慢性阻塞性肺病 | màn xìng zǔ sè xìng fèi bìng | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
| 肺结核 | fèi jié hé | tuberculosis; TB |
| 水肺 | shuǐ fèi | scuba |
| 心肺 | xīn fèi | the heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary |
| 肺动脉 | fèi dòng mài | pulmonary artery |
| 肺病 | fèi bìng | lung disease |
| 新冠肺炎 | xīn guān fèi yán | COVID-19, the coronavirus disease identified in 2019 |