瘩

dá
#3,542 most
frequent character
sore, boil, scab

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

瘩 pairs 疒 sickness, the meaning part, with 荅, which supplies the sound. It first meant a swollen skin lump. The meaning grew to sore or scab, and then to a boil.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

瘩da
used in 疙瘩[ge1da5]

Homophones

答dá
answer, reply, respond, return
打dá
(loanword) dozen, Taiwan pr. [da3]
达dá
to attain, to reach, to amount to

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