结核

結核

jiéhé

noun #35,197

Meanings

1 tuberculosis
2 TB
3 tubercular nodule

Characters

kernel; nucleus

Examples

他被诊断出患有肺结核。

Tā bèi zhěnduàn chū huànyǒu fèijiéhé.

He was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis.

结核病需要长期服药治疗。

Jiéhébìng xūyào chángqī fúyào zhìliáo.

Tuberculosis requires long-term medication.

Tips

memory

结 (form a knot) + 核 (kernel/nodule) — TB lesions in the lungs literally look like small 'knotted kernels' on X-ray, which is how the disease got its Chinese name.

Stroke Order

结 jié

核 hé