瘩 da pimples
How to remember 瘩: 疒 illness + 荅 small beans = pimples. The teenager thinks it is an illness when she wakes up with red spots like small beans on her chin, but her mum says they are just pimples.
Component breakdown
瘩 = 疒 illness + 荅 small beans
- 疒 illness
- 荅 small beans
The teenager thinks it is an illness when she wakes up with red spots like small beans on her chin, but her mum says they are just pimples.
How it is used
- Occurs only in 疙瘩 (gēda): a lump/bump/knot on the skin, a knot in string, or figuratively a lingering unease/grudge - 心里的疙瘩 (xīnli de gēda) a knot in one's heart. Read in the neutral tone; bound to 疙.