痊 (quán) · to recover (from illness), to be cured

Meanings

1 to recover (from illness)
2 to be cured

Characters

痊

quán

to recover from illness

Examples

HSK 6

休息了一个月，他完全痊愈了。

Xiūxi le yí gè yuè, tā wánquán quányù le.

He recovered completely after a month of rest.

HSK 6

伤口还没有完全痊愈。

Shāngkǒu hái méiyǒu wánquán quányù.

The wound has not yet fully healed.

Tips

usage

Almost always in 痊愈 (to fully recover). It implies a complete return to health, stronger than just 'feeling better'.

Components

radical

疒 nè

sickness

The sickness radical 疒 wraps the top-left. It marks 痊 as illness-related - here the recovery from it - placing it with 病 (illness) and 疼 (ache).

phonetic

全 quán

whole; complete

Inside sits 全 (whole, complete), supplying the sound exactly (quán = quán) and a perfect semantic bonus: to recover is to become 'whole' again after sickness.

Stroke Order

痊 quán

Related Words

痊愈 quányù #7,738

to fully recover (from illness or injury) / to heal completely

垂死病中惊坐起 chuísǐ bìngzhōng jīng zuò qǐ

in the grip of mortal illness, startled, I bolt upright / a shock violent enough to pull even a dying man out of bed / (lit.) on-the-brink-of-death within illness, startled sat-up

疾病相扶持 jíbìng xiāng fú chí

in sickness they support one another / the ideal of a community of neighbors who help each other through illness and hardship / illness mutually support-sustain

病情 bìngqíng HSK 5 #5,100

patient's condition; state of an illness

神经病 shénjīngbìng #4,486

mental illness / neuropathy / crazy person (insult)

回复 huífù HSK 4 #4,389

to reply; to respond / to recover; to restore

精神病 jīngshénbìng HSK 7-9 #3,991

mental illness / psychosis / mental disorder

发作 fāzuò HSK 7-9 #3,879

to flare up / to have an attack (of illness) / to break out

康复 kāngfù HSK 6 #3,489

to recuperate; to recover (health) / rehabilitation; convalescence

找回 zhǎohuí #3,296

to find and get back / to retrieve / to recover