疹
measles, sickness
Readings
On'yomi
- シン
- チン
Kun'yomi
- はしか
Meaning
疹 centers on visible skin eruptions, especially the rash of measles. The broader sickness sense is a natural extension of that eruptive illness.
Most common words using 疹
20 of 29- 発疹ほっしん
rash; eruption
- 麻疹はしか
measles
- 蕁麻疹じんましんN1
hives; nettle rash; urticaria
- 風疹ふうしん
rubella; German measles
- 湿疹しっしんN2
eczema; rash
- 疹しん
rash; eruption; ...id
- 帯状疱疹たいじょうほうしん
shingles; herpes zoster
- 汗疹あせも
prickly heat; heat rash; miliaria
- 発疹チフスほっしんチフス
epidemic typhus; louse-borne typhus
- ジベルばら色粃糠疹ジベルばらいろひこうしん
pityriasis rosea Gibert
- バラ疹ばらしん
roseola
- 丘疹きゅうしん
pimple; papule
- 乳児湿疹にゅうじしっしん
infantile eczema; baby eczema
- 匐行疹ふくこうしん
ringworm; serpigo
- 単純疱疹たんじゅんほうしん
herpes simplex
- 急性汎発性発疹性膿疱症きゅうせいはんぱつせいほっしんせいのうほうしょう
acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis; AGEP
- 梅毒疹ばいどくしん
syphilid
- 温熱蕁麻疹おんねつじんましん
heat urticaria; thermal urticaria
- 疱疹ほうしん
herpes
- 痒疹ようしん
rash that accompanies a severe itch; prurigo
Study
Etymology
疹 combines 疒 (sickness) with 㐱, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to fine or dense things, suggesting a dense rash.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 㐱, which looks like a dense pattern of spots. Picture a sick person covered in a fine rash: that's measles.
Reading mnemonic
For シン, imagine a person with measles feeling a sharp shin pain from the rash: shin -> シン, and the sickness enclosure shows the illness.