Chinese Word: 痧 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

痧

Pinyin: shā

English Definition: cholera

Chinese Definition:
①(痧子)麻疹的俗称。
②中医指霍乱、中暑、肠炎等急性病：发痧。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 疒

Pictophonetic:沙 indicates the sound; 疒 (sickness) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 疒 [ nè ] sickness, disease
- 沙 [ shā ] sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated

Similar Characters: 疛

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刮痧	guā shā	gua sha (technique in TCM)
喉痧	hóu shā	scarlet fever
揪痧	jiū shā	folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
瘪螺痧	biě luó shā	cholera (with dehydration)

1		shí jì shàng 实际上， kāng xī 康熙 wǎn qī 晚期， làn 烂 hóu 喉 shā 痧 yǐ 已 bèi 被 dàng zuò 当作 guò qù 过去 jiào 较 shǎo jiàn 少见 de 的 yì bìng 疫病 zài 在 sū nán 苏南 chū xiàn 出现。 Actually, in late Kangxi reign, scarlet fever was regarded as an epidemic disease seldom seen at Southern Jiangsu.
2		“ shā 痧 zhàng 胀 ” xīng qǐ 兴起 yú 于 qīng dài 清代， fàn wéi 范围 pō 颇 guǎng 广， jī běn 基本 chéng wéi 成为 yì bìng 疫病 hé 和 bù míng 不明 jí bìng 疾病 de 的 zǒng chēng 总称。 "Sha tympany" sprang up in Qing dynasty with its range expanding rapidly and became the generic name of epidemics and unknown diseases.
3		zhēn duì 针对 dāng shí 当时 chū xiàn 出现 de 的 bái hóu 白喉、 shā 痧 hóu 喉 děng 等 hóu 喉 kē 科 chuán rǎn bìng 传染病， jī jí tàn suǒ 积极探索 chū 出 duō yàng huà 多样化 ér 而 zhuó yǒu chéng xiào 卓有成效 de 的 fáng zhì 防治 fāng àn 方案。 Exploring diversifying and effective schema to prevent and cure contagious diseases of Laryngology, such as diphtheria and scarlet fever;