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疰

zhù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (Chinese medicine) a chronic, lingering or contagious illness, as in 疰夏 summer fatigue sickness

Examples

有些孩子天热时容易疰夏，没胃口。
Yǒuxiē háizi tiān rè shí róngyì zhù xià, méi wèikǒu.
Some children easily get 'summer sickness' in hot weather and lose their appetite.

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疰 survives only as a Chinese-medicine term, chiefly in 疰夏 (listlessness and poor appetite brought on by summer heat). Not used in everyday speech.

Components

radical
疒 nè
sickness; illness radical
The sickness radical 疒 (a person on a sickbed) wraps the top and left, marking 疰 as a disease word in the same family as 病 and 痨.
phonetic
主 zhǔ
master; main
Inside sits 主 (master), giving the sound with a small shift from zhǔ to zhù. It also hints at the old idea that such an illness 'lodges' and stays in the body, so it carries a faint meaning echo.

Stroke Order

疰 zhù