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huàn used in 癱瘓|瘫痪[tān huàn]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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About

The character "痪" is the simplified form of the traditional character "癱", which is primarily used in the compound word "癱瘓" meaning paralysis. Its structure consistently incorporates the sickness radical "疒" to categorize its meaning within the domain of illness or physical disorder. The traditional form "癱" combines this radical with the component "難", which historically functioned as a phonetic indicator but also carries connotations of difficulty or hardship, reflecting the debilitating nature of the condition. The simplified form "痪" replaces this complex phonetic with the simpler component "奐", which serves a purely phonetic role in the modern context. Over time, the character's meaning has remained specific to denoting a state of loss or impairment of muscular function, and it is almost never used independently, deriving its specific medical sense from its fixed pairing within the term for paralysis.

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他的身体瘫了。

Tā de shēntǐ tānhuàn le.

His body is paralyzed.

车祸导致他瘫

Chēhuò dǎozhì tā tānhuàn.

The car accident caused him to be paralyzed.

病人需要特殊照顾。

Tānhuàn bìngrén xūyào tèshū zhàogù.

Paralyzed patients need special care.

这种疾病可能引起瘫

Zhè zhǒng jíbìng kěnéng yǐnqǐ tānhuàn.

This disease may cause paralysis.

经过治疗,他的瘫症状减轻了。

Jīngguò zhìliáo, tā de tānhuàn zhèngzhuàng jiǎnqīng le.

After treatment, his paralysis symptoms have alleviated.

突如其来的中风使他全身瘫

Tūrúqílái de zhòngfēng shǐ tā quánshēn tānhuàn.

A sudden stroke left him completely paralyzed.

医生正在研究瘫的神经修复方法。

Yīshēng zhèngzài yánjiū tānhuàn de shénjīng xiūfù fāngfǎ.

Doctors are researching nerve repair methods for paralysis.

尽管瘫多年,他依然保持着乐观的心态。

Jǐnguǎn tānhuàn duōnián, tā yīrán bǎochízhe lèguān de xīntài.

Despite being paralyzed for many years, he still maintains an optimistic attitude.