痔 (zhì): hemorrhoids

Meanings

久坐容易引起痔疮。

Jiǔzuò róngyì yǐnqǐ zhìchuāng.

Sitting for long periods can easily cause hemorrhoids.

医生建议他尽快做痔疮手术。

Yīshēng jiànyì tā jǐnkuài zuò zhìchuāng shǒushù.

The doctor advised him to have hemorrhoid surgery as soon as possible.

usage

Almost always appears as 痔疮 ('hemorrhoids'). The sickness radical signals it is a medical condition.

radical

疒 nè

illness (radical)

The sickness radical, a bed-on-its-side enclosing the top-left. It marks diseases and ailments, the same family as 病 (illness) and 疮 (sore).

phonetic

寺 sì

temple; phonetic

Temple, supplying the sound; sì shifts to zhì. The same phonetic family includes 持 and 特.

痔 zhì