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痧

shā
noun #74,916

Meanings

  1. 1 (TCM) acute illness such as cholera, sunstroke, or heatstroke
  2. 2 rash; measles (in 痧子)

Examples

他在路上中了暑，发了痧。
Tā zài lù shàng zhòng le shǔ, fā le shā.
He got heatstroke on the road and came down with sha.
奶奶常用刮痧的方法治病。
Nǎinai cháng yòng guāshā de fāngfǎ zhì bìng.
Grandma often treats illness using the gua sha method.

Tips

culture
痧 is a traditional Chinese medicine concept covering a cluster of acute conditions (heatstroke, cholera-like illness, food poisoning). The treatment 刮痧 (guāshā, 'scraping sha') is the well-known practice of scraping the skin with a smooth tool to draw out 'bad qi'.
memory
The radical 疒 (nè) on the left always signals an illness. The right side 沙 (shā) gives the sound.

Stroke Order

痧 shā