痂 (jiā): scab; the crust over a healing…

Meanings

1 scab; the crust over a healing wound or sore

Characters

痂

jiā

scab

Examples

几天后，伤口上的痂自己脱落了。

Jǐ tiān hòu, shāngkǒu shàng de jiā zìjǐ tuōluò le.

After a few days the scab fell off the wound on its own.

Tips

mistakes

Don't pick at a 痂 — let it fall off. The verb 'to form a scab' is 结痂; the scab itself can also be called 痂皮.

Components

radical

疒 nè

sickness; illness radical

The sickness radical 疒 wraps the top and left, marking 痂 as something to do with wounds and healing — the same radical found in 疮 sore and 疤 scar.

phonetic

加 jiā

to add

Inside sits 加 (to add), supplying the sound jiā directly with no tone change. It contributes no 'add' meaning here — it is purely the phonetic tag for this wound-crust word.

Stroke Order

痂 jiā

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