lài

leprosy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
疒 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sick

赖 sound component

  Sound component

lài

  

depend on

Evolution

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Traditional script

Modern
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Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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lài

leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy; scabies; skin disease

Most common words with 癞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

癞蛤蟆

toad

scabies

癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉

lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)