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Kanji Detail for 痿 - "wither, numb"
痿
- Meaning
痿 means "wither, numb."
Wither - To wilt; to become weak.
Numb - Having lost sensation; numbness.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
atrophy; go numb; be paralysed
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
paralysis; impotence
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
atrophy
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
paralysis; impotence
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A neurological disease. Muscles are weak and cannot rise. Losing their function of movement. Some affect most of the whole body. Such as bone softening disease. Also called 骨痿 (bone atrophy). Some affect one part. Such as beriberi causing foot weakness.
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