catching a cold; person with a cold
Refers to the act of catching a cold or to a person who has a cold. Often used in phrases like 風邪ひきさん (someone with a cold).
When you have a cold, you should rest well.
Please give this soup to the person with a cold.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Variant with 引き instead of ひき.
Less common variant omitting 邪.
Kana spelling; common in informal writing.
Compound of 風邪 (かぜ, 'cold') and ひき (連用形 of 引く, 'to catch'). Literally 'cold-catching'.