Radical family

radical character index

· illness

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127 indexed characters

Characters are grouped by total stroke count so you can narrow the family the same way a traditional radical index works.

5

5 strokes

1 character

sickness, disease

7

7 strokes

3 characters
dīng

boil, carbuncle, ulcer

jiē

boil, pimple, sore

liáo

cured, healed

8

8 strokes

6 characters

pimple, sore

jiù

chronic disease

sore, ulcer

nüè

malaria

shàn

hernia

yáng

sore, ulcer

9

9 strokes

8 characters
fēng

crazy, insane, mentally ill

scar, cicatrix

chuāng

boil, tumor

jiè

scabies

scrofulous swellings or lumps

epidemic, plague, pestilence

yóu

wart, tumor, papule, goiter

zòng

clonic convulsions

10

10 strokes

17 characters
bìng

sickness, illness, disease

téng

ache, pain

dǎn

jaundice

gān

rickets, chickenpox

sickness, illness, disease

jiā

scab

jìng

convulsions, fits

ulcer, carbuncle, abscess

sickness, illness

pào

acne

weak, tired, exhausted

xuán

indigestion

yōng

ulcer, sore, carbuncle, abcess

zhà

scrofulous swellings or lumps

zhěn

rash, measles

zhèng

ailment, disease, illness

zhù

Chinese character

11

11 strokes

7 characters
yǎng

to itch

flaw, fault, defect

hén

scar, mark

quán

cured, healed

dumb, mute

wound, sore, bruise

zhì

piles, hemorrhoids

12

12 strokes

13 characters
tòng

ache, pain

cuó

a swelling of the lymph nodes

dòu

smallpox

sickness, illness

huàn

numbness, paralysis

jìng

convulsions, fits

láo

tuberculosis

dysentery

dyspepsia

shā

cholera

spot, mole, birthmark

xián

epilepsy, convulsions

zhì

spot, mole, birthmark

13

13 strokes

13 characters
tán

mucus, phlegm, spit

numbess, paralysis

numbness, paralysis

chī

foolish, stupid, dumb, silly

cuì

tired, worn-out

dān

bitter hatred

fèi

heat rash

chronic disease

pock-marked

wěi

paralysis

hematoma, contusion

cold, hungry

zhú

cold sores

14

14 strokes

13 characters
shòu

thin, lean, emaciated

chài

to recover from disease

da

pimples

fēng

crazy, insane, mentally ill

hóu

pimple, wart

huàn

numbness, paralysis

jiǎ

asthma

scabies, itching, scald-head

lòu

fistula

nüè

malaria

sào

scabies

wēn

epidemic, plague, pestilence

to bury, to inter

15

15 strokes

9 characters
tān

paralysis, palsy, numbness

bān

scar, mole

biě

shriveled, dried up

chì

clonic convulsions

chuāng

boil, tumor

thin, emaciated

liú

tumor, lump, goiter

sickness

polypus

16

16 strokes

11 characters
yǐn

rash

qué

lameness

biāo

whitlow

chōu

healed

huáng

jaundice

lóng

weakness, infirmity

luǒ

scrofula, swellings

yǐng

swelling, goiter

zhài

a wasting disease

zhàng

malaria

zòng

clonic convulsions

17

17 strokes

6 characters
ái

cancer, carcinoma

bān

pockmarks on the skin

dān

bitter hatred

láo

tuberculosis

liáo

cured, healed

xián

epilepsy, convulsions

18

18 strokes

6 characters
diàn

erythema

lài

leprosy

sore, ulcer

craving, addiction

hysteria

to recover, to get well

19

19 strokes

3 characters
biě

shriveled, dried up

chī

silly, foolish, idiotic

xuǎn

ringworms

20

20 strokes

2 characters
yǎng

to itch

zhèng

ailment, disease, illness

21

21 strokes

4 characters
diān

crazy, insane

lài

leprosy

scrofulous swellings or lumps

yǐn

rash

22

22 strokes

1 character
xuǎn

ringworms

23

23 strokes

2 characters

sthin, emaciated

yōng

ulcer, sore, carbuncle, abcess

24

24 strokes

2 characters
diān

crazy, insane

tān

paralysis, palsy, numbness

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