痴
imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,991 U+75F4
How 痴 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
疒 (semantic, “sickness”) + 知 (phonetic, zhī)
How to remember it
idiotic · Heisig RSH #2667
sickness + 知 know
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 知
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 知 (zhī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 知 sound component | zhī | to know, to perceive, to comprehend |
| 蜘 | zhī | spider |
| 踟 | chí | hesitant, undecided; embarrassed |
| 椥 | zhī | used in 檳椥|槟椥[Bin1 zhi1] |
Words containing 痴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老年性痴呆症 | lǎo nián xìng chī dāi zhèng | senile dementia |
| 痴人说梦 | chī rén shuō mèng | lunatic ravings; nonsense |
| 老年痴呆症 | lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng | senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease |
| 如痴如醉 | rú chī rú zuì | (idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured |
| 如醉如痴 | rú zuì rú chī | see 如癡如醉|如痴如醉[ru2 chi1 ru2 zui4] |
| 早老性痴呆 | zǎo lǎo xìng chī dāi | (coll.) Alzheimer's disease |
| 痴心 | chī xīn | infatuation |
| 老年痴呆 | lǎo nián chī dāi | senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease |
| 白痴 | bái chī | idiocy; idiot |
| 花痴 | huā chī | to be smitten with sb; love-struck fool; starry-eyed infatuation |
| 痴长 | chī zhǎng | to not be wiser despite being older; (humble) to be older than (you) by |
| 路痴 | lù chī | person with a poor sense of direction |
| 音痴 | yīn chī | tone deaf |
| 情痴 | qíng chī | infatuated; lovesick person |
| 痴情 | chī qíng | infatuation |
| 痴心妄想 | chī xīn wàng xiǎng | to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion; wishful t… |
| 痴汉 | chī hàn | molester (loanword from Japanese "chikan"); idiot; fool |
| 痴笑 | chī xiào | to giggle foolishly; to titter |
| 痴想 | chī xiǎng | to daydream; wishful thinking; pipe dream |
| 痴呆症 | chī dāi zhèng | dementia |