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疹

measles, sickness

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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.

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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.