Memory phrase for the character: 痒

痒

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Meaning

to itch, to tickle

Pronunciation

yǎng

Explanation

Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)

Mnemonic

(woolen sweaters often itch) The disease, like with sheep's wool, is itchy.

Radicals

疒	sickness	Similar radicals are building 广 or cliff 厂.
羊	sheep	Image of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.

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Vocabulary

痒痒	yǎng yang	to itch; to tickle
痒痒	yǎng yang	to itch; to tickle
隔靴搔痒	gé xuē sāo yǎng	to completely miss the main point of a topic or argument (idiom)
虱多不痒	shī duō bù yǎng	many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom); no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others; Troubles never come singly.; It never rains but it pours.
搔痒	sāo yǎng	to scratch (an itch); to tickle
搔痒	sāo yǎng

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