瘵

瘵 · zhài

a wasting disease

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhài
Cantonese
zaai3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a wasting disease

Dictionary definitions & readings

瘵 zhài · (literary) disease (esp. tuberculosis)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42694.060:zhài,jì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1450.100:zhài Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
464.090:zhài Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhài粵zaai3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サイ セイ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
側界 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KBOF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0019.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0779.260 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
384.45 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0337h Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7635
Radical
疒 · 104
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6157

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
瘵
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
tsreajH · 側界 · 蟹開二去皆莊 · #2472

PHONO-ML, source line 14133; 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
923.302
kCowles
418
kDaeJaweon
1189.130
kGSR
0337h
kHanYu
42694.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1189.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42694.060
kIRGKangXi
0779.260
kKangXi
0779.260
kKarlgren
1052*
kMatthews
117
kMeyerWempe
68b
kMorohashi
22458
kSBGY
384.45
kSMSZD2003Index
450.04
kCangjie
KBOF
kFourCornerCode
0019.1
kMojiJoho
MJ017905
kPhonetic
54
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7129
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EA71
kIRG_JSource
J13-7858
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5C36
kIRG_KSource
K2-4A2D
kIRG_TSource
T2-585D
kRSUnicode
104.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EA71
kCCCII
225F62
kCNS1986
2-585D
kCNS1992
2-585D
kEACC
225F62
kGB0
8109
kGB1
8109
kJIS0213
1,88,56
kJis1
4592
kMainlandTelegraph
4067
kTGH
2013:6157
kTaiwanTelegraph
4067
kXerox
300:124
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14860+104.5.11
kCantonese
zaai3
kDefinition
a wasting disease
kFanqie
側界
kHanyuPinyin
42694.060:zhài,jì
kJapanese
サイ セイ
kJapaneseKun
YAMU
kJapaneseOn
SAI SEI
kMandarin
zhài
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhài粵zaai3
kTGHZ2013
464.090:zhài
kXHC1983
1450.100:zhài

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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3dictionary records using 瘵0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸疒祭$(GHTJKP)

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