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痍

yí
noun #56,912

Meanings

  1. 1 wound
  2. 2 sores; trauma

Examples

战后的城市满目疮痍。
Zhànhòu de chéngshì mǎnmùchuāngyí.
After the war the city lay in utter ruin.
地震使这一带疮痍遍地。
Dìzhèn shǐ zhè yídài chuāngyí biàndì.
The earthquake left the area scarred and devastated.

Tips

usage
Mostly in 疮痍 (wounds, devastation) and the idiom 满目疮痍 (a scene of utter devastation everywhere the eye looks). It often describes the aftermath of war or disaster.

Components

radical
疒 nè
sickness
The sickness radical 疒 wraps the top-left. It marks 痍 as a bodily injury — a wound or sore — alongside 疮 (ulcer) and 伤 (injury).
phonetic
夷 yí
to level; phonetic
Inside sits 夷 supplying the sound exactly (yí = yí) and a faint sense of being 'cut down / razed' — fitting for trauma and devastation.

Stroke Order

痍 yí