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胃溃疡 (wèi kuì yáng) — gastric ulcer

Definition

noun
gastric ulcer

Examples

  • 胃溃疡。
    Yī shēng shuō tā dé le wèi kuì yáng.
    The doctor said he has a gastric ulcer.
  • 胃溃疡。
    wèi kuì yáng Huì yǐn qǐ wèi tòng hé xiāo huà bù liáng.
    Gastric ulcers can cause stomach pain and indigestion.
  • 胃溃疡。
    Tā yīn wèi wèi kuì yáng zhù yuàn le.
    He was hospitalized because of a gastric ulcer.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

胃wèistomach
溃疡ulcer
溃kuìulceration疡yángsore
联合Coordinate

胃 gives stomach and 溃疡 gives ulcer, naming a stomach ulcer.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

胃 originally drew a stomach with food inside, first as concentric circles and later with a grain-like mark in the middle.

Open 胃 →

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 潰; 溃 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
貴
貴guì潰kuì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 潰 pairs 氵 (water) with 貴 for sound; the simplified 溃 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the old sound part.

Open 溃 →

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 瘍; 疡 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒疒nèillness
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng瘍yáng
Same sound today

The traditional form 瘍 pairs 疒, showing illness, with 昜 as a sound component; the simplified 疡 is a later abbreviation.

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