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痉

jìng

Character Traditional 痙

What 痉 means

1. spasm

Words starting with 痉

• 痉挛jìng luánto jerk; to contort; spasm

Words containing 痉

• 热痉挛rè jìng luánheat cramps
• 解痉剂xiè jìng jìantispasmodic (pharm.)
• 镇痉剂zhèn jìng jìantispasmodic (pharmacology)
• 气管痉挛qì guǎn jìng luánbreathing convulsions (as in asthma); tracheospasm
• 痛性痉挛tòng xìng jìng luán(muscle) cramp

Characters built on 工

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

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle
• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 颈jǐngneck
• 氢qīnghydrogen (chemistry)
• 茎jīngstalk; stem
• 烃tīnghydrocarbon
• 泾JīngJing River

Characters that look like 痉

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

• 座zuòseat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 疮chuāngsore; skin ulcer
• 痊quánto recover (from illness)
• 疽jūgangrene
• 痍yíbruise; sores

Sounds the same

Read jìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 境border; place; condition
• 静still; calm; quiet
• 净clean; completely; only
• 竟unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to
• 竞to compete; to contend; to struggle
• 镜mirror; lens
• 敬(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
• 径footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 靓to make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 靖(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
• 婧(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 劲stalwart; sturdy; strong