瘩 meaning and stroke order
Pimples
How to write 瘩, stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 瘩
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- sore
- boil
- scab
- used in 疙瘩[ge1 da5]
How 瘩 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Sickness.
疒 gives the meaning and 荅 hints at the sound.
Radical: 疒 (sickness), shared by 127 characters on this site.
How to remember 瘩
瘩 sits under the sickness radical 疒, which marks skin and body problems, while 荅 (dá) inside gives the sound. Picture a small sick bump on the skin that says "da".
瘩 almost never appears alone. It lives in 疙瘩 (gēda), meaning a lump, pimple, or knot, and also a mental hang-up. Example: 我起了一身鸡皮疙瘩。(Wǒ qǐ le yì shēn jīpí gēda.) I got goosebumps all over.
Common mistake: Learners often read 疙瘩 with a full tone on the second syllable. In everyday speech it is gēda, with a light neutral tone on 瘩. Also don't confuse 瘩 with 塔 (tǎ, tower), which shares the 荅 sound part but has the earth radical 土 instead of 疒.
Common words with 瘩
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
瘩 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 瘩
How many strokes are in 瘩?
瘩 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 瘩 mean?
瘩 (da) means pimples. A common word with it is 鸡皮疙瘩 (jīpígēda), meaning "goose pimples; goose bumps".
How do you pronounce 瘩?
瘩 is pronounced da, in the neutral tone (short and light).
What is the radical of 瘩?
The radical of 瘩 is 疒, which carries the idea of "sickness". Dictionaries list 瘩 under this radical.
Can 疙瘩 mean something other than a pimple?
Yes. It can mean a knot in string or a lump in food, like 面疙瘩 (miàn gēda), a dish of small dough lumps. It also describes an emotional knot, as in 心里有个疙瘩 (xīnli yǒu ge gēda), to have something weighing on your mind.
When is 瘩 pronounced dá instead of da?
The dá reading with a second tone appears in older or literary uses meaning a sore or scab. In modern spoken Chinese you will almost always meet it as the neutral tone da in 疙瘩.