瘫
paralyzed
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Dict coverage rank #2,957 U+762B
How 瘫 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
疒 (semantic, “sickness”) + 难 (phonetic, nán)
How to remember it
paralysis · Heisig RSH #2663
sickness + 难 difficult
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 难
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 难 (nán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 难 sound component | nán | hard, difficult, arduous; unable |
| 摊 | tān | to spread out, to open, to allot; a merchant's stand |
| 傩 | nuó | rich |
Words containing 瘫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高位截瘫 | gāo wèi jié tān | (medicine) high paraplegia |
| 北京瘫 | Běi jīng tān | "Beijing slouch", sitting posture said to be adopted esp. by Beijingers, popularized by 葛優… |
| 瘫子 | tān zi | paralyzed person |
| 面瘫 | miàn tān | facial nerve paralysis |
| 风瘫 | fēng tān | to be paralyzed |
| 脑瘫 | nǎo tān | cerebral palsy |
| 瘫软 | tān ruǎn | limp; weak |
| 偏瘫 | piān tān | paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia |
| 截瘫 | jié tān | paraplegia; paralysis |
| 疯瘫 | fēng tān | variant of 風癱|风瘫[feng1 tan1] |
| 陷于瘫痪 | xiàn yú tān huàn | to be paralyzed; to come to a standstill |
| 瘫痪 | tān huàn | (medicine) to suffer paralysis; (fig.) to be paralyzed; to break down; to come to a stands… |