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Kanji Detail for 痒 - "itchy, ill, sore"

痒

  • Meaning

    痒 means "itchy, ill, sore."

    1. Itchy - Having an irritating sensation.

    2. Ill - Sick; a disease.

    3. Sore - A boil; a lesion.

  • Four-character idioms with 痒

    • 隔靴掻痒 かっかそうよう Listen being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch
    • 麻姑掻痒 まこそうよう Listen things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    itchy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    itch

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 癢|痒[yang3]; to itch; to tickle

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to itch; to tickle

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Illness. Also same as 瘍. | Same as 癢. 痛癢 (pain and itch). Also written as 痛痒.

  • Onyomi

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    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

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    kasa(かさ) かさ

    kayu.garu(かゆ-がる) かゆ-がる

    kayu.i(かゆい) かゆい

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    疒 (yamaidare)

  • Related Keywords

    itchy having irritating sensation ill sick disease sore boil lesion

Sentences including 痒

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