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痂
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

scab

HSK 10
Human →Body
jiā
カ、ケ
かさ、かさ.ぶた
가
Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.
Components
疒 sickness+ 加 add =
痂 scab
疒 Meaning component
nè sickness
sick
加 Phonetic component
jiā add
add to, increase, augment
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Notes
Similar Characters
瘸 lameness疔 boil疖 sore (simp)疗 cured (simp)疙 boil疚 disease疝 hernia疟 intermittent (simp)疠 Sore A Sore (simp)疡 sores (simp)疣 tumor疤 scar疥 itch疫 epidemic疬 scrofulous (simp)疭 spasms (simp)疮 boil (simp)疯 insane (simp)疰 疱 acne (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
痂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
痂 [jiā]
scab
Japanese
瘡蓋 、 痂 (rare) かさぶた 同音
noun usually kana scab; crust
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
水ぶくれがかさぶたになってきました。
The blisters have formed scabs.
CHINESE WORDS (9)
结痂 [jié​jiā] #39,344
scab
结痂 [jié​jiā] #39,344
scab
疮痂 [chuāng​jiā] #62,164
scab
疮痂 [chuāng​jiā] #62,164
scab
痘痂 [dòu​jiā] #70,022
pockmark
嗜痂成癖 [shì​jiā​chéng​pǐ] #73,900
to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom)
痂皮 [jiā​pí]
scab
脓痂疹 [nóng​jiā​zhěn]
impetigo (medicine)
脓痂疹 [nóng​jiā​zhěn]
impetigo (medicine)
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
瘡蓋 [かさぶた] #70,176
scab
痂皮 [かひ] #232,744
crust
膿痂疹 [のうかしん] #315,795
impetigo
乳痂 [にゅうか]
cradle cap
痂せる [かせる]
to dry up