疮 (chuāng): sore, skin ulcer

疮 (chuāng) is a Chinese character meaning “sore.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 疒 (semantic) and 仓 (phonetic). It ranks #2852 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 疮 sickness. Its radical form 疒 (illness) appears in many related characters such as 病 (bìng, illness), 痛 (tòng, pain), 医 (yī, medicine).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. sore
  2. skin ulcer

Etymology & Origin

疮

pictophoneticsickness

Decomposition: ⿸疒仓 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
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9

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
痔疮zhì chuānghemorrhoid
千疮百孔phraseqiān chuāng bǎi kǒngsee 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮
红斑狼疮nounhóng bān láng chuāng(medicine) lupus erythematosus
疮疤nounchuāng bāscar
痤疮cuó chuāngacne
狼疮nounláng chuānglupus (skin disease)
褥疮rù chuāngbedsore
疥疮jiè chuāngscabies
满目疮痍mǎn mù chuāng yía scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
冻疮noundòng chuāngfrostbite
口疮nounkǒu chuāngmouth ulcer
好了疮疤忘了痛hǎo le chuāng bā wàng le tòngsee 好了傷疤忘了疼|好了伤疤忘了疼
大疮dà chuāngsyphilis
全身性红斑狼疮quán shēn xìng hóng bān láng chuāngsystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
疮口nounchuāng kǒuwound
29
Total compounds
24
As first character
66
As last character
10
As middle character

疮 appears in 29 compound words: 24 as the first character, 66 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 疮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

附fù
0.63216 co-occurrences
院yuàn
0.48216 co-occurrences
术shù
0.48214 co-occurrences
医yī
0.47216 co-occurrences
做zuò
0.41214 co-occurrences
手shǒu
0.35314 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (5)

百孔千疮bǎikǒngqiānchuāng

riddled with gaping wounds; afflicted with many ills; in very bad condition

phrase
千疮百孔qiānchuāngbǎikǒng

riddled with gaping wounds; afflicted with many ills; in very bad condition

phrase
挖肉补疮wā ròu bǔ chuāng

to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

phrase
疮痍满目chuāng yí mǎn mù

see 滿目瘡痍|满目疮痍

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满目疮痍mǎn mù chuāng yí

a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)

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Example Sentences

中国新闻网·生活Sep 2026

口舌生疮、上火、过敏性皮肤病、哮喘、疮疡肿毒人群尽量不吃。

kǒu shé shēng chuāng , shàng huǒ , guò mǐn xìng pí fū bìng , xiào chuǎn , chuāng 疡 zhǒng dú rén qún jǐn liàng bù chī .

People with mouth sores, “heat” in the body, allergic skin conditions, asthma, or abscesses and swellings should avoid eating this as much as possible.

少数派Sep 2026

你的脸红是什么红:了解玫瑰痤疮

nǐ de liǎn hóng shì shén me hóng : le jiě méi guī 痤 chuāng

What Causes Your Face to Flush? Understanding Rosacea

中国新闻网·生活Sep 2026

外用方面,古籍记载可用于 蚊虫叮咬、疔疮肿毒 。

wài yòng fāng miàn , gǔ jí jì zài kě yòng yú wén chóng dīng yǎo , 疔 chuāng zhǒng dú .

For external use, ancient texts record that it can be used to treat mosquito bites, boils, and swollen, infected sores.

中国新闻网·生活Aug 2026

二是数量限量:桃子偏温,吃多了容易助生内热,可能引发口舌生疮、口腔溃疡。

èr shì shǔ liàng xiàn liàng : táo zǐ piān wēn , chī duō le róng yì zhù shēng nèi rè , kě néng yǐn fā kǒu shé shēng chuāng , kǒu qiāng kuì 疡 .

Second, eat them in moderation: Peaches have a warming nature, so eating too many can easily lead to internal heat, which may cause mouth sores or canker sores.

中国新闻网·生活Aug 2026

周主任提醒,痤疮治疗是一个循序渐进的过程,切勿轻信偏方或自行用药。

zhōu zhǔ rèn tí xǐng , 痤 chuāng zhì liáo shì yī gè xún xù jiàn jìn de guò chéng , qiē wù qīng xìn piān fāng huò zì xíng yòng yào .

Director Zhou reminds patients that acne treatment is a gradual process, and they should not blindly trust folk remedies or self-medicate.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 疒 (sickness) component

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 疮 (chuāng) mean in Chinese?
疮 (chuāng) primarily means "sore." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #2852 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 疮 and 枪?
疮 (chuāng) and 枪 (qiāng) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 疒 vs 木 (same 仓 component).
How many strokes does 疮 have?
疮 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 疮?
The radical associated with 疮 is 疒 (illness). This radical appears in many characters related to illness.
What are the components of 疮?
疮 is composed of: 疒 (semantic), 仓 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿸疒仓 with a surround-from-upper-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 疮?
Common words with 疮 include: 痔疮 (zhì chuāng, "hemorrhoid"); 千疮百孔 (qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng, "see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮"); 红斑狼疮 (hóng bān láng chuāng, "(medicine) lupus erythematosus"); 疮疤 (chuāng bā, "scar"); 痤疮 (cuó chuāng, "acne"). There are over 29 compound words containing this character.
Is 疮 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 疮 and the traditional form is 瘡.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.