Chinese symbol for “epilepsy”
癫痫
diān xián
Traditional: 癲癇
epilepsy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for epilepsy is 癫痫 (diān xián), defined as: epilepsy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “epilepsy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羊角风 (羊角風) | yáng jiǎo fēng | epilepsy |
| 痫 (癇) | xián | epilepsy; insanity |
| 羊癫疯 (羊癲瘋) | yáng diān fēng | epilepsy |
| 羊痫风 (羊癇風) | yáng xián fēng | epilepsy |
| 惊痫 (驚癇) | jīng xián | epilepsy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 癫痫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疯疯癫癫 (瘋瘋癲癲) | fēng feng diān diān | deranged; erratic |
| 疯癫 (瘋癲) | fēng diān | insane; crazy |
| 癫狂 (癲狂) | diān kuáng | deranged; mad |
| 发癫 (發癲) | fā diān | to go crazy; to lose one's mind |
| 羊癫疯 (羊癲瘋) | yáng diān fēng | epilepsy |
| 癫痫发作 (癲癇發作) | diān xián fā zuò | epileptic seizure |
| 羊痫风 (羊癇風) | yáng xián fēng | epilepsy |
| 惊痫 (驚癇) | jīng xián | epilepsy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “epilepsy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.