癞

癞 · lài

leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lài
Cantonese
laai3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy

Dictionary definitions & readings

癞 lài · scabies; skin disease

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0671.120:lài Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
208.020:lài Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
XKDLO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0018 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0782.021 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+765E
Radical
疒 · 104
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6356

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Stroke order

18 strokes
癞
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 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

癩

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
42699.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42699.070
kIRGKangXi
0782.021
kKangXi
0782.021
kSMSZD2003Index
451.10
kCangjie
XKDLO
kFourCornerCode
0018
kPhonetic
764
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-712E
kRSUnicode
104.13
kTotalStrokes
18
kCCCII
274C75
kEACC
274C75
kGB0
8114
kMainlandTelegraph
4088
kTGH
2013:6356
kCantonese
laai3
kDefinition
leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy
kMandarin
lài
kTGHZ2013
208.020:lài
kXHC1983
0671.120:lài
kTraditionalVariant
U+7669

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Structure & connections

0.10
6dictionary records using 癞0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸疒赖$(G)

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