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痫

xián

Character Traditional 癇

What 痫 means

1. epilepsy
2. insanity

Words containing 痫

• 癫痫diān xiánepilepsy
• 惊痫jīng xiánepilepsy
• 羊痫风yáng xián fēngepilepsy
• 癫痫发作diān xián fā zuòepileptic seizure

Characters built on 闲

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

• 娴xiánelegant; refined; to be skilled at
• 鹇xiánsilver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus); silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of…

Characters that look like 痫

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

• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 揣chuāito put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. chuǎi
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 漓lípattering (of rain); seep through

Sounds the same

Read xián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 咸all; everyone; each
• 闲enclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 嫌to dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 弦bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring
• 贤worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
• 衔bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings)
• 娴elegant; refined; to be skilled at
• 涎saliva
• 舷side of a ship or an aircraft
• 䕭a kind of vegetable
• 伭(literary) cruel; ruthless; (literary) dark red; black
• 憪composed, contented