瘫

瘫 · tān

paralysis, palsy, numbness

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

paralysis, palsy, numbness

Mandarin
tān
Cantonese
taan1

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+762B
Radical
疒 · 104
Strokes
15 · Unihan
Residual
10

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

15 strokes
瘫
Strokes
15
Convention
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15 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿸疒难(G)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 瘫

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

癱

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
tān
kCantonese
taan1
kDefinition
paralysis, palsy, numbness
kTotalStrokes
15
kRSUnicode
104.10
kTraditionalVariant
U+7671
kTGH
2013:3283

Readings across dictionaries

Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

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Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
13dictionary records using 瘫0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
疒 wraps around 难 from the upper left · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿸疒难$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸疒难$(G)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.