荨麻疹 (xún má zhěn) — urticaria, hives (skin rash with itchy welts) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

urticariahives (skin rash with itchy welts)

Examples

荨麻疹。
Tā chī le hǎi xiān yǐ hòu shēn shàng qǐ le xún má zhěn.
He broke out in hives after eating seafood.
荨麻疹。
xún má zhěn Fā zuò de shí hou fēi cháng yǎng.
When urticaria flares up, it's very itchy.
荨麻疹。
Yī shēng gěi bìng rén kāi le zhì xún má zhěn de yào.
The doctor prescribed medicine for the patient's hives.

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.

荨麻nettle

联绵Bound pair

The 荨麻 nettle and the 疹 rash together describe hives.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 蕁; 荨 is its simplified writing.

艹尋蕁

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

尋

尋xún蕁

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 荨, the traditional form 蕁 combines 艹 (grass) with 尋 as a sound part.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

厂厂chǎng
𣏟𣏟𣏟

麻 combines 厂 and 𣏟 to represent hemp leaves.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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