痒
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to itch; to tickle
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,075 U+75D2
How 痒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
疒 (semantic, “sickness”) + 羊 (phonetic, yáng)
How to remember it
itch · Heisig RSH #2662
sickness + 羊 sheep
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 羊
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 羊 (yáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羊 sound component | yáng | sheep, goat |
| 洋 | yáng | sea, ocean; western, foreign |
| 养 | yǎng | to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support |
| 样 | yàng | form, pattern, shape, style |
| 氧 | yǎng | oxygen |
| 鲜 | xiān | fresh; delicious; attractive |
| 祥 | xiáng | happiness, good fortune; auspicious |
| 详 | xiáng | complete, detailed, thorough |
| 翔 | xiáng | to soar, to hover, to glide |
| 羌 | qiāng | Qiang nationality; surname |
| 恙 | yàng | illness, sickness; indisposition |
| 羟 | qiǎng | hydroxide |
| 佯 | yáng | to pretend, to feign; false, deceitful |
| 徉 | yáng | to wander, to stray, to roam; to hesitate |
| 烊 | yáng | to smelt; to close for the night |
| 庠 | xiáng | village school; teach |
| 羰 | tāng | carbonyl group |
| 蛘 | yáng | rice weevil |
Words containing 痒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不痛不痒 | bù tòng bù yǎng | lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what; fig. not… |
| 不关痛痒 | bù guān tòng yǎng | unimportant; of no consequence |
| 无关痛痒 | wú guān tòng yǎng | (idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant |
| 七年之痒 | qī nián zhī yǎng | seven-year itch |
| 不知痛痒 | bù zhī tòng yǎng | numb; unfeeling; indifferent; inconsequential |
| 虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 | shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu | (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's … |
| 手痒 | shǒu yǎng | (fig.) to itch (to do sth) |
| 心里痒痒 | xīn lǐ yǎng yang | to feel a strong urge (to do sth) |
| 发痒 | fā yǎng | to tickle; to itch |
| 皮痒 | pí yǎng | (coll.) to need a spanking |
| 虱多不痒 | shī duō bù yǎng | (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom); (fig.) to be … |
| 技痒 | jì yǎng | to itch to demonstrate one's skill |
| 痛痒 | tòng yǎng | pain and itch; sufferings; importance; consequence |
| 羊痒疫 | yáng yǎng yì | scrapie (prion disease of sheep) |
| 抓痒 | zhuā yǎng | to scratch an itch |
| 羊瘙痒病 | yáng sào yǎng bìng | scrapie (prion disease of sheep) |
| 怕痒 | pà yǎng | to be ticklish |
| 羊瘙痒症 | yáng sào yǎng zhèng | scrapie (prion disease of sheep) |
| 痒痒 | yǎng yang | to itch; to tickle |
| 瘙痒病 | sào yǎng bìng | scrapie (prion disease of sheep) |