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肝炎 (gān yán) — hepatitis

Definition

noun
hepatitis

Examples

  • 肝炎，。
    Tā dé le gān yán, zhèng zài yī yuàn zhì liáo.
    He contracted hepatitis and is being treated in the hospital.
  • 肝炎。
    Jiē zhòng yì miáo kě yǐ yǒu xiào yù fáng gān yán.
    Vaccination can effectively prevent hepatitis.
  • 肝炎。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā dìng qī jiǎn chá gān yán zhǐ biāo.
    The doctor advised him to regularly check his hepatitis indicators.

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.

肝gānliver
炎yáninflammation

The 肝 liver specifies which inflammation 炎 is meant.

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
⺼Written in full as肉ròuflesh; body part
Sound part声符shēngfú
干
干gān肝gān
Same sound today

The left part ⺼ shows flesh or a body part, while the right part 干 gives the sound. Together they form 肝.

Open 肝 →

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

炎 places two 火 (fire) shapes vertically, one above the other, to show fire doubled.

Open 炎 →
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