瘩 (dá): sore

瘩 (dá) is a Chinese character meaning “sore.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 疒 (semantic) and 荅 (phonetic). It ranks #3086 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

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

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 疒 illness14 strokesFrequency #3086疒 semantic荅 phonetic

Definitions

  1. sore

Etymology & Origin

瘩

pictophoneticsickness

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

Components:疒semantic荅phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
鸡皮疙瘩jī pí gē dagoose pimples
疙瘩gē daswelling or lump on skin
宝贝疙瘩bǎo bèi gē da(of a child) apple of one's eye
这疙瘩zhèi gā davariant of 這嘎達|这嘎达[zhei4 ga1 da5]
面疙瘩miàn gē dadough dumpling
疙瘩汤gē da tāngdough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth)
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Total compounds
0
As first character
83
As last character
17
As middle character

瘩 appears in 6 compound words: 0 as the first character, 83 as the last, and 17 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 瘩 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

疙gē
0.9432,904 co-occurrences
皮pí
0.494822 co-occurrences
鸡jī
0.458120 co-occurrences
痕hén
0.43390 co-occurrences
瘟wēn
0.43236 co-occurrences
汤tāng
0.37948 co-occurrences
砖zhuān
0.36330 co-occurrences
奶nǎi
0.32430 co-occurrences
楼lóu
0.32372 co-occurrences
墓mù
0.29342 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

鸡皮疙瘩jīpí gēdaHSK 7+

goosebumps

noun

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了瘩字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le dá zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .

I looked up the detailed definition of the character "瘩" in the dictionary.

Character Family

疒 Radical Family — Characters sharing the illness radical

癌ái疤bā痹bì病bìng痴chī疵cī疯fēng疙gē痕hén痪huàn

Related Characters

病bìng痛tòng医yī疗liáo瘦shòu疯fēng疲pí症zhèng疾jí疼téng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 瘩 (dá) mean in Chinese?
瘩 (dá) primarily means "sore." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3086 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 瘩 and 塔?
瘩 (dá) and 塔 (tǎ) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 疒 vs 土 (same 荅 component).
How many strokes does 瘩 have?
瘩 is written with 14 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 瘩?
The radical associated with 瘩 is 疒 (illness). This radical appears in many characters related to illness.
What are the components of 瘩?
瘩 is composed of: 疒 (semantic), 荅 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿸疒荅 with a surround-from-upper-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 瘩?
Common words with 瘩 include: 鸡皮疙瘩 (jī pí gē da, "goose pimples"); 疙瘩 (gē da, "swelling or lump on skin"); 宝贝疙瘩 (bǎo bèi gē da, "(of a child) apple of one's eye"); 这疙瘩 (zhèi gā da, "variant of 這嘎達|这嘎达[zhei4 ga1 da5]"); 面疙瘩 (miàn gē da, "dough dumpling"). There are over 6 compound words containing this character.
Is 瘩 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 瘩 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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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.