瘥

瘥 · chài

to recover from any disease; an epidemic

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chài
Cantonese
caai3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to recover from any disease; an epidemic

Dictionary definitions & readings

瘥 chài · to recover from disease

瘥 cuó · disease

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42686.080:chài,cuó Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0116.080:chài 0185.080:cuó Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
036.070:chài Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chài粵caai3 cuó粵co4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サ サイ ザ シャ セ いえる Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
昨何 子邪 楚懈 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KTQM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0011.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0778.220 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
160.13 165.27 384.01 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0005l Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7625
Radical
疒 · 104
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7717

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

14 strokes
瘥
Strokes
14
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

14 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.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dza · 昨何 · 果開一平歌從 · #730
Middle Chinese
tsjae · 子邪 · 假開三平麻精 · #771
Middle Chinese
tsrheaH · 楚懈 · 蟹開二去佳初 · #2457

PHONO-ML, source line 5972; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
923.104
kDaeJaweon
1188.140
kGSR
0005l
kHanYu
42686.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1188.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42686.080
kIRGKangXi
0778.220
kKangXi
0778.220
kMatthews
123
kMeyerWempe
3427f
kMorohashi
22412
kSBGY
160.13 165.27 384.01
kSMSZD2003Index
449.12
kCangjie
KTQM
kFourCornerCode
0011.2
kMojiJoho
MJ017887
kPhonetic
12
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-707B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E6AF
kIRG_JSource
J14-7162
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5C0F
kIRG_KSource
K2-4A27
kIRG_TSource
T2-5237
kRSUnicode
104.10
kTotalStrokes
14
kBigFive
E6AF
kCCCII
225F3E
kCNS1986
2-5237
kCNS1992
2-5237
kEACC
225F3E
kGB0
8091
kGB1
8091
kJIS0213
2,81,66
kJis1
4586
kMainlandTelegraph
4059
kTGH
2013:7717
kTaiwanTelegraph
4059
kXerox
271:343
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18163+104.5.10
kCantonese
caai3
kDefinition
to recover from any disease; an epidemic
kFanqie
昨何 子邪 楚懈
kHanyuPinyin
42686.080:chài,cuó
kJapanese
サ サイ ザ シャ セ いえる
kJapaneseKun
IERU
kJapaneseOn
SA ZA SHA SAI
kMandarin
chài
kSMSZD2003Readings
chài粵caai3 cuó粵co4
kTGHZ2013
036.070:chài
kXHC1983
0116.080:chài 0185.080:cuó

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 瘥0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
疒 wraps around 差 from the upper left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿸疒差$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸疒差$(GHTJKP)

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