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放疗 (fàng liáo) — radiotherapy

Definition

noun
radiotherapy

Examples

  • 放疗。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā zuò fàng liáo zhì liáo.
    The doctor recommended that he undergo radiotherapy treatment.
  • 放疗。
    fàng liáo De fù zuò yòng bāo kuò pí láo hé pí fū fā hóng.
    Side effects of radiotherapy include fatigue and skin redness.
  • 放疗，。
    Jīng guò sān gè yuè fàng liáo, tā de zhǒng liú suō xiǎo le hěn duō.
    After three months of radiotherapy, his tumor shrank a lot.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng放fàng
Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

Open 放 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 療; 疗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒疒nèdisease
Sound part声符shēngfú
尞
尞liáo療liáo
Same sound today

The traditional form 療 has 疒 for disease and 尞 for the sound; the simplified 疗 is a later shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical ones.

Open 疗 →
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Medicine & Treatment

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