Read Edit View history Discussion 癱 tān HSK7 paralysis Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 難 represents the sound. Components 疒 疒 Meaning component nè sick 難 難 Sound component nán, nan, nàn difficult Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangn̥ʰaːn Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 瘫 tān paralysis Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 难 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癱. Components 疒 疒 Meaning component nè sick 难 难 Sound component nán, nan, nàn difficult Sources Readings & variants Unicode