疾 (jí) — disease, illness, suffering; fast, rapid; hatred, to detest (in literary compounds)
Definition
A literary bound form covering 'illness, haste, and hatred.' In modern Chinese it appears almost only in set compounds (疾病, 疾走, 疾恶如仇) — not used as a standalone word.
bound form
diseaseillnesssufferingfastrapidhatredto detest (in literary compounds)
Easily confused
- 嫉jílook-alikeenvy (bound form)
- 集jísound-alike(noun) collection, anthology, collected works
- 及jísound-alike(conjunction) and; as well as (used in formal writing to connect nouns or noun phrases)
- 吉jísound-alikelucky, auspicious (bound morpheme used in compounds and surnames)
- 急jísound-alike(adjective) urgent; rapid; hurried
- 极jísound-alikeextremely
Examples
- 疾。Tā huàn le zhòng jí.He contracted a serious disease.
- 疾。Tā jí bù zǒu xiàng qián.He walked forward with quick steps.
- 疾。Tā duì è xíng jí è rú chóu.He detests evil deeds as if they were his enemies.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
- 疒疒nèillness
- 大疾jífast
疾 combines 疒, showing illness, with a form showing an arrow flying toward a person, giving the sense of fast.
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