The Chinese word 残疾 (cánjí), meaning "disability" or "handicap", is a compound word formed by combining two meaningful characters: 残 (cán), which conveys "incomplete", "damaged", or "injured", and 疾 (jí), which means "illness" or "ailment". Together, they create a term that semantically merges the concepts of physical or functional impairment (残) and a condition of ill health or disorder (疾), resulting in the modern holistic concept of a disability, encompassing both the physical and health-related aspects of the condition.