Chinese symbol for “itch”
痒
yǎng
Traditional: 癢
to itch; to tickle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for itch is 痒 (yǎng), defined as: to itch; to tickle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “itch”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痒痒 (癢癢) | yǎng yang | to itch; to tickle |
| 瘙痒 (瘙癢) | sào yǎng | to itch; itchiness |
| 手痒 (手癢) | shǒu yǎng | (fig.) to itch (to do sth) |
| 瘙 | sào | itch; old term for scabies |
| 发痒 (發癢) | fā yǎng | to tickle; to itch |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “itch”.
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.