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yǎng = y + ang3
to itch / to tickle
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How to pronounce 癢

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ang3 final

In the anglepod’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

癢 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= n + e4
sick / sickness / Kang Xi radical 104 / also pr. [chuang2]
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juàn = ju + an4
old variant of 餋[juan4]
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yǎng = y + ang3
old variant of 養|养[yang3]
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Characters with 癢 as component

癢 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 癢

lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory
numb / unfeeling / indifferent / inconsequential

Sentences with 癢

癢 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yǎng

to itch / to tickle

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