疝 (shàn): hernia

Meanings

1 hernia

Characters

疝

shàn

hernia

Examples

HSK 4

医生说这种疝气如果不及时治疗会有风险。

Yīshēng shuō zhèzhǒng shànqì rúguǒ bù jíshí zhìliáo huì yǒu fēngxiǎn.

The doctor said this type of hernia can be risky if not treated promptly.

HSK 7-9

他被诊断出患有腹股沟疝，需要手术治疗。

Tā bèi zhěnduàn chū huànyǒu fùgǔgōu shàn, xūyào shǒushù zhìliáo.

He was diagnosed with an inguinal hernia requiring surgical treatment.

Tips

usage

疝 alone is the medical character; in everyday speech, hernia is usually called 疝气. Common types include 腹股沟疝 (inguinal hernia) and 脐疝 (umbilical hernia).

Components

radical

疒 nè

sickness radical

Sickness radical wrapping top-left - a person reclining on a bed. Indexes 疝 in the disease family with 病, 疼, 痒, 疫, 癣. 疝 names a hernia - an internal organ protruding through a weakened body wall - so the radical names the medical category, leaving the inside element to suggest the lumpy shape.

phonetic

山 shān

mountain

Inside 山 supplies the sound - shān shifted to shàn with regular tone change. 山 itself pictures three peaks of a mountain; that 'rising bulge' image fits 疝 with surprising aptness, since a hernia visibly mounds the skin like a small peak. Sound and picture quietly cooperate in this medical compound.