癩 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「疒」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 21 strokes ／ Radical「疒」
- On
- ライ
- Kun
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- Meaning
- the old name for Hansen’s disease
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.
Stroke order
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
今はハンセン病と呼び、癩の語は避ける。
Today it is called Hansen’s disease, and the old word is avoided.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)