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痍

yí

Character

What 痍 means

1. bruise
2. sores

Words containing 痍

• 疮痍chuāng yíwound; skin ulcer; (fig.) the desolation of trauma
• 满目疮痍mǎn mù chuāng yía scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
• 疮痍满目chuāng yí mǎn mùsee 满目疮痍

Characters built on 夷

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

• 姨yímother's sister; aunt
• 胰yípancreas
• 咦yíexpression of surprise
• 荑tí(grass)

Characters that look like 痍

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

• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 座zuòseat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 痕hénscar; traces
• 痪huànused in 瘫痪
• 痉jìngspasm

Sounds the same

Read yí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宜proper; should; suitable
• 姨mother's sister; aunt
• 疑(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 移to move; to shift; to change
• 遗(bound form) to leave behind
• 仪apparatus; rites; appearance
• 怡harmony; pleased
• 咦expression of surprise
• 夷non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 颐(literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
• 彝(archaic) wine vessel; (archaic) sacrificial vessel; (literary) rule; convention
• 蛇used in 委蛇