痒 — Chinese character
痒
yǎng
to itch; to tickle
- Pinyin
- yǎng
- Radical
- 104 ⽧ (Sickness)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 疒 羊
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sickness; meaning component 疒; sound component 羊
- Traditional
- 癢
- Japanese
- 痒 as a kanji
Common words with 痒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痒痒 (癢癢) | yǎng yang | to itch; to tickle |
| 瘙痒 (瘙癢) | sào yǎng | to itch; itchiness |
| 无关痛痒 (無關痛癢) | wú guān tòng yǎng | (idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant |
| 发痒 (發癢) | fā yǎng | to tickle; to itch |
| 搔痒 (搔癢) | sāo yǎng | to scratch (an itch); to tickle |
| 不痛不痒 (不痛不癢) | bù tòng bù yǎng | lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what; fig. not getting to any matter of substance |
| 手痒 (手癢) | shǒu yǎng | (fig.) to itch (to do sth) |
| 挠痒痒 (撓癢癢) | náo yǎng yang | to tickle |
| 痛痒 (痛癢) | tòng yǎng | pain and itch; sufferings |
| 七年之痒 (七年之癢) | qī nián zhī yǎng | seven-year itch |
| 抓痒 (抓癢) | zhuā yǎng | to scratch an itch |
| 隔靴搔痒 (隔靴搔癢) | gé xuē sāo yǎng | lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom); fig. beside the point |
English words written with 痒
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