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痂

jiā

Character

What 痂 means

1. scab

Words starting with 痂

• 痂皮jiā píscab

Words containing 痂

• 乳痂rǔ jiā(medicine) cradle cap
• 痘痂dòu jiāpockmark; smallpox scab
• 疮痂chuāng jiāscab
• 结痂jié jiāscab; to form a scab
• 脓痂疹nóng jiā zhěnimpetigo (medicine)

Characters built on 加

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

• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 驾jiàto harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive
• 嘉jiāexcellent; auspicious; to praise
• 迦jiā(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
• 枷jiācangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
• 珈jiāgamma; jewelry
• 袈jiāused in 袈裟
• 笳jiāwhistle made of reed

Characters that look like 痂

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

• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 麻máhemp (variant of 麻
• 粉fěnpowder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch…
• 豚túnsuckling pig
• 疮chuāngsore; skin ulcer
• 焕huàn(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous

Sounds the same

Read jiā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 家used in 家伙
• 加to add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 夹to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 嘉excellent; auspicious; to praise
• 佳beautiful; fine; good
• 迦(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
• 镓gallium (chemistry)
• 伽traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
• 枷cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
• 珈gamma; jewelry
• 茄phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹
• 耞flail (for threshing grain); old variant of 枷