zhì

hemorrhoids

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
疒 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sick

寺 sound component

  Sound component

  

temple

Evolution

痔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
痔 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
痔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhì

hemorrhoids, piles; piles; hemorrhoid

Most common words with 痔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

痔疮

hemorrhoid

piles

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3768th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+75D4

Shuowen

“痔,後病也。从疒,寺聲。”


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