sick / sickness / Kang Xi radical 104 / also pr. [chuang2]
疒
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亠
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广
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Napoleon started a war, and his first act is to parachute into the elevator's bathroom, wearing his military beret and all. He's lucky to have landed in the bathroom because unfortunately he's sick, with a colorful rash all about his skin and the urge to puke.
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
亠
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丶
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一
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Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).
广
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亠
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丿
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The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.
广
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亠
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丿
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The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.
疯
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疒
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风
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Frankenstein's Monster (f) spent too much time in the wind (风) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). The wind carried some mad cow disease (疯) viruses to him, and now he does not only have a colorful rash (疒), but he is also going crazy (疯).
瘫
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疒
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难
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In front of the anthill (an1) Tecumseh (t) is trying to beat an impossible game (难). He gets so frustrated that he first develops a colorful rash (疒) and ends up completely paralyzed (瘫).
痪
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奂
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疒
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Helga Horse (hu) took a medicine against her paralysis (痪) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Although the medicine gave her a colorful rash (疒) at least she can move again, so she claps her hooves together and says "excellent" (奂).
瘾
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疒
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隐
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Maud Younger (y) is addicted (瘾) to cracking pass phrases (隐) in the encampment ((e)n3). If she doesn't crack a password for a while she gets a colorful rash (疒).
愈
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俞
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心
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Yu the Great (yu) is healing (愈) Yu Xiulian's (俞) heart (心) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The more (愈) fuses (愈) Yu the Great installs, the better Yu Xiulian feels.
疤
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巴
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疒
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Every time Beelzebub (b) eats a lollipop (巴) in front of the ashram (a1) he gets a colorful rash (疒) which will develop into open wounds and later into scabs and scars. Nevertheless he continues eating lollipops because he doesn't mind a scarred appearance.