疥 (jiè) · scabies (the itch mite skin disease)

Meanings

1 scabies (the itch mite skin disease)

Characters

疥

jiè

scabies

Examples

HSK 7-9

疥疮是疥虫引起的皮肤病，非常痒。

Jiè chuāng shì jiè chóng yǐnqǐ de pífū bìng, fēicháng yǎng.

Scabies is an extremely itchy skin disease caused by mites.

Tips

history

疥 is not used alone in modern Chinese; it is bound inside 疥疮 (scabies) and 疥癣 (a minor but irritating ailment, used figuratively for a small nagging problem). It is the sickness radical 疒 plus the phonetic 介.

Components

radical

疒 nè

sickness; illness

疒 is the sickness radical, a person on a sickbed. It marks 疥 as a disease, grouping it with other illness characters.

phonetic

介 jiè

to lie between (phonetic)

介 supplies the sound jiè cleanly. It is a common standalone character meaning to be between or to mediate, reused here only for its reading.

Stroke Order

疥 jiè

Related Words

心脏病 xīnzàngbìng #2,748

heart disease / cardiac disease

肤色 fūsè #6,114

skin color / complexion / skin tone

疾病 jíbìng HSK 5 #2,746

disease; illness; ailment

传染 chuánrǎn HSK 6 #4,982

to infect; to be contagious / to spread (a disease)

肌 jī #7,559

muscle / flesh; skin

患者 huànzhě HSK 6 #4,322

patient (medical) / sufferer (of a disease)

染 rǎn HSK 6 #3,633

to dye; to color / to contaminate; to catch (a disease) / to be tainted by; to acquire (bad habits)

痒 yǎng HSK 6 #5,344

itchy / to itch

爆发 bàofā HSK 6 #3,465

to break out; to erupt / to burst forth (emotion, conflict, disease)

剥 bāo HSK 7-9 #5,457

to peel (by hand, of fruit, eggs, nuts) / to shell; to shuck; to skin