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疥

jiè

Character

What 疥 means

1. scabies

Words starting with 疥

• 疥疮jiè chuāngscabies; welts

Characters built on 介

These share the phonetic component 介 (jiè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 界jiè(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
• 阶jiērank or step; stairs
• 芥jièmustard
• 蚧jièsee 蛤蚧
• 骱xièjoint of bones

Characters that look like 疥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 府fǔseat of government; government repository (archive); official residence
• 粉fěnpowder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch…
• 疹zhěnmeasles; rash
• 侨qiáoemigrant; to reside abroad
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 脐qí(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron

Sounds the same

Read jiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 介to introduce; to lie between; between
• 界(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
• 借to borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 届to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 戒to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn
• 诫commandment; to prohibit
• 藉(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 解to transport under guard
• 价(literary) messenger; servant
• 芥mustard
• 玠jade tablet indicating rank
• 唶sigh; groan; loud laughter