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diān

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diān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diān | dian1
English translation
crazy, insane; madness, mania

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About diān

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Number of strokes

24

Traditional form

diān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

sickness

Etymology of diān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

疒顛

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

diān

Explanation

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

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Words with diān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
癫痫 diān xián epilepsy癲癇
diān crazy diān
疯癫 fēng diān insane瘋癲
疯疯癫癫 fēng feng diān diān deranged瘋瘋癲癲
癫狂 diān kuáng mad癲狂

diān Decomposition & Compounds

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