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痿

wěi
noun #37,941

Meanings

  1. 1 atrophy; muscular wasting
  2. 2 impotence

Examples

长期卧床会导致腿部肌肉萎缩。
Chángqī wòchuáng huì dǎozhì tuǐbù jīròu wěisuō.
Long bed rest can cause the leg muscles to waste away.
医生解释了这种痿症的成因。
Yīshēng jiěshì le zhèzhǒng wěi zhèng de chéngyīn.
The doctor explained the causes of this nerve disorder.

Tips

usage
A medical term: 痿 is a body part withering or losing function. It also names male impotence (阳痿). Note the everyday word for muscle wasting is written with 萎 (no sickness radical) in 萎缩.

Components

radical
疒 nè
sickness
The sickness radical wraps the top and left, marking this as an illness, here a wasting or loss of function in the body.
phonetic
委 wěi
to entrust; limp
Supplies the sound directly: 委 is read wěi, and its sense of drooping or going slack also fits the idea of muscles withering.

Stroke Order

痿 wěi