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癩 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「疒」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 21 strokes ／ Radical「疒」
On
ライらい · rai
Kun
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Meaning
the old name for Hansen’s disease

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Sickness 疒 with 賴 as phonetic: the disease affecting skin and nerves. Today it is called Hansen’s disease and this character is avoided.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • ハンセン病ハンセンびょう

    Hansen’s disease, the term used today

  • 癩病らいびょう

    its old name, now avoided

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

今(いま)はハンセン病(びょう)と呼(よ)び、癩(らい)の語(ご)は避(さ)ける。

Today it is called Hansen’s disease, and the old word is avoided.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

ハンセン病癩病illnes…疔a deep…疚to fee…疝colic疥scabie…疣a wart莉used…賚to bes…磊stones…厲whetst…瘰swolle…
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Compound

Map of radical 疒Map of reading ライAll maps

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