痊

quán

verb #49,109

Meanings

1 to recover (from illness)
2 to be cured

Characters

痊

quán

to recover from illness

Examples

休息了一个月，他完全痊愈了。

Xiūxi le yí gè yuè, tā wánquán quányù le.

He recovered completely after a month of rest.

伤口还没有完全痊愈。

Shāngkǒu hái méiyǒu wánquán quányù.

The wound has not yet fully healed.

Tips

usage

Almost always in 痊愈 (to fully recover). It implies a complete return to health, stronger than just 'feeling better'.

Components

radical

疒 nè

sickness

The sickness radical 疒 wraps the top-left. It marks 痊 as illness-related — here the recovery from it — placing it with 病 (illness) and 疼 (ache).

phonetic

全 quán

whole; complete; phonetic

Inside sits 全 (whole, complete), supplying the sound exactly (quán = quán) and a perfect semantic bonus: to recover is to become 'whole' again after sickness.

Stroke Order

痊 quán

痊