Chinese symbol for “paralyzed”
瘫
tān
Traditional: 癱
paralyzed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paralyzed is 瘫 (tān), defined as: paralyzed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瘫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘫痪 (癱瘓) | tān huàn | (medicine) to suffer paralysis; (fig.) to be paralyzed; to break down; to come to a standstill |
| 脑瘫 (腦癱) | nǎo tān | cerebral palsy |
| 面瘫 (面癱) | miàn tān | facial nerve paralysis |
| 瘫软 (癱軟) | tān ruǎn | limp; weak |
| 截瘫 (截癱) | jié tān | paraplegia; paralysis |
| 偏瘫 (偏癱) | piān tān | paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia |
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.