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Kanji Detail for 痲 - "numb"
痲
- Meaning
痲 means "numb."
Numb - Having lost sensation; numbness.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
measles; paralysis
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
pock-marked; leprosy; measles
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
leprosy; numb
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
pock-marked; measles; leprosy
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
痲疹 (measles). An acute infectious disease. Initially feels chills and fever. Coughing with hoarse voice. In severe cases, the throat mucous membrane is inflamed and swollen. By the fourth or fifth day, red rashes first appear on the face. Gradually spreading to the whole body. Young children are most commonly affected. Colloquially also called 痧子. | 痲瘋 (leprosy). A disease peculiar to Fujian and Guangdong. Anciently also called 癩. Its pathogen is infection by the leprosy bacillus. There are cases with latency of over ten years before onset. At first onset, the skin shows bronze-colored markings. Gradually nodules form. Eyebrows and eyelashes fall out. Gradually loses voice. Joints contract and the person dies. | When skin is under prolonged pressure, the nerve endings cannot connect. Thus losing sensation. At the same time, blood flows very fast in the capillaries. Like needles pricking. This is also called 痲 (numbness). When prolonged, it is called 痲痹 (numbness and paralysis). | Colloquially, those who have scarring on the face after recovering from smallpox are called 痲子.
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