痪

huàn

used in 癱瘓|瘫痪[tan1 huan4]

sickness (疒) + phonetic huàn (奂) = paralysis

The sickness radical anchors the meaning: a body so paralyzed it cannot move. 奂 contributes the sound huàn and carries no semantic weight here.

疒+奂→痪
奂GrandPhonetic
疒IllnessSemantic

他出车祸后下半身瘫痪了。

tā chū chē huò hòu xià bàn shēn tān huàn le。

After his car accident, the lower half of his body became paralyzed.

大雪导致这座城市的交通完全瘫痪。

dà xuě dǎo zhì zhè zuò chéng shì de jiāo tōng wán quán tān huàn。

The heavy snow caused traffic in this city to become completely paralyzed.

Words with 痪

陷于瘫痪

xiàn yú tān huàn

to be paralyzed; to come to a standstill

瘫痪

tān huàn

(medicine) to suffer paralysis

More characters with 疒

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