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Kotomora

疒

trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)

Strokes5

Readings

On'yomi

  • ダク
  • ニャク
  • ソウ
  • ジョウ
  • シツ

Kun'yomi

  • や.む

Meaning

疒 centers on the concept of sickness, especially a lingering or trailing illness. It is primarily used as a radical component in other characters related to disease or ailment.

Study

Etymology

疒 is a pictograph of a person leaning on a bed or support, representing sickness or infirmity. The modern form retains the leaning shape with two small marks indicating ailment.

Meaning mnemonic

The shape looks like a person leaning against a wall with two small drops of sweat or pain marks: a trailing sickness that won't go away.

Reading mnemonic

For ダク, imagine a sick person saying 'daku' (like 'duck') weakly, as if their voice is trailing off from illness: daku -> ダク.