(bound form) disease; ailment

(bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor

sickness (疒) + arrow (矢) = disease that strikes swiftly

疒 is the sickness radical, framing 疾 as a disease concept. 矢 (arrow) mainly contributes the sound jí, though the image of an arrow piercing the body may have motivated the character's secondary meaning of swiftness.

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他得了一种怪,医生也不知道怎么治。

tā dé le yī zhǒng guài jí, yī shēng yě bù zhī dào zěn me zhì。

He came down with a strange disease, and even the doctor did not know how to treat it.

风把树上的叶子都吹落了。

jí fēng bǎ shù shàng de yè zi dōu chuī luò le。

The swift wind blew all the leaves off the trees.

Words with 疾

遗传性疾病

yí chuán xìng jí bìng

genetic disorder

阿米巴痢疾

ā mǐ bā lì ji

amebic dysentery

隐疾

yǐn jí

an unmentionable illness (e.g. venereal disease)

不疾不徐

bù jí bù xú

neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)

中国残疾人联合会

zhōng guó cán jí rén lián hé huì

China Disabled Persons' Federation

大声疾呼

dà shēng jí hū

to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention

奋笔疾书

fèn bǐ jí shū

to write at a tremendous speed

宿疾

sù jí

chronic ailment

吊死问疾

diào sǐ wèn jí

to grieve for the sick and the dying

心脏疾患

xīn zàng jí huàn

heart disease

心血管疾病

xīn xuè guǎn jí bìng

cardiovascular disease

性疾病

xìng jí bìng

sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease

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