疾

Translingual

Han character

疾 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大人大 (KOK), four-corner 0013₄, composition ⿸疒矢)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 771, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22112
• Dae Jaweon: page 1181, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2666, character 10
• Unihan data for U+75BE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 疾
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 疒 (“illness”) + 矢 (“arrow”).

The oracle glyph depicts a person being hit by an arrow.

Pronunciation

Definitions

疾

1. (literary or in compounds) swift; quick; hasty

   • 車中，不內顧，不疾言，不親指。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     车中，不内顾，不疾言，不亲指。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Chē zhōng, bù nèi gù, bù jí yán, bù qīn zhǐ.

     When he was in the carriage, he did not turn his head quite round, he did not talk hastily, he did not point with his hands.

2. (literary or in compounds) strong; forceful
3. (literary or in compounds) illness; disease; sickness

   • 斯人也而有斯疾也！ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Sī rén yě ér yǒu sī jí yě!

     That such a man should have such a sickness!

4. (obsolete or dialectal Hakka) to ache; to be painful
5. (obsolete) (alt. form 嫉) to hate; to loathe
6. Alternative form of 嫉 (jí, “to envy”)

Synonyms

• (illness):

• (to ache):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. disease, sickness
2. fast, quick, rapid

Readings

• Go-on: じち (jichi)^{←じち (ziti, historical)}
• Kan-on: しつ (shitsu, Jōyō)^{←しつ (situ, historical)}
• Kun: やまい (yamai, 疾); にくむ (nikumu, 疾む); はやい (hayai, 疾い); とい (toi, 疾い)

Korean

Hanja

疾 (eumhun 병 질 (byeong jil))

1. illness, disease, sickness
2. to hate

Vietnamese

Han character

疾: Hán Nôm readings: tật

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