疵 cī flaw
flaw; fault; defect
怎么记住“疵”: 疒 illness + 此 this = flaw. The antique dealer checks the vase like a doctor looking for illness, then points and says "This crack is its only flaw."
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
疵 = 疒 illness + 此 this
- 疒 illness meaning
- 此 this sound
- 止 stop
- 匕 spoon
The antique dealer checks the vase like a doctor looking for illness, then points and says "This crack is its only flaw."
How it came to be
Illness gives the meaning and the sign for this the sound; the word first meant a disease.
用法
- Occurs in 瑕疵 (xiácī): a flaw/defect/blemish: 产品有瑕疵 (chǎnpǐn yǒu xiácī) the product has a defect.
- 吹毛求疵 (chuīmáo-qiúcī), blowing on fur to find flaws, means to nitpick / find fault deliberately.