癔 (yì): (in 癔病/癔症) hysteria

Meanings

医生诊断她患了癔症。

Yīshēng zhěnduàn tā huàn le yìzhèng.

The doctor diagnosed her with hysteria.

癔病常由强烈的精神刺激引起。

Yìbìng cháng yóu qiángliè de jīngshén cìjī yǐnqǐ.

Hysteria is often triggered by severe emotional stress.

usage

癔 does not stand alone. It appears in the medical terms 癔病 and 癔症, both meaning hysteria.

radical

疒 nè

sickness; illness

The sickness radical wraps the top and left, marking 癔 as an illness, here a mental one, like 病 and 症.

phonetic

意 yì

meaning; mind

Supplies the sound yì exactly and adds a hint of 'mind', fitting a disorder of the mind. Seen standing alone as 意.

癔 yì