疾 (jí)

disease; sickness; fast

How 疾 is written

Strokes
10
Radical
疒 — sickness
Traditional
疾
Simplified
疾 (unchanged)

Components

  • 疒 sickness
  • 矢 arrow

Common words using 疾

疾病 jíbìng
disease; sickness; ailment
殘疾 cánjí
disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal
殘疾人 cánjírén
disabled person
疾書 jíshū
scribble rapidly
疾苦 jíkǔ
pain and difficulties; suffering (of the people)
疾速 jísù
very fast; at a crazy speed
疾風 jífēng
storm; gale; strong wind
疾馳 jíchí
to speed along
頑疾 wánjí
ineradicable disease; fig. deep-seated problem; perennial problem
不疾不徐 bùjíbùxú
neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
奮筆疾書 fènbǐjíshū
to write at a tremendous speed
惡疾 èjí
unpleasant ailment; foul disease

疾 in a sentence

預防疾病比治療更重要。

Yùfáng jíbìng bǐ zhìliáo gèng zhòngyào.

“Preventing disease is more important than treating it.”

How common is 疾?

疾 is the 1,271st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 92.6% of all running text.

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