患 Afflicted

Radical Combination

• 串

  Skewer
• 心

  Heart

Meaning

Primary

Afflicted

Mnemonic

A skewer to the heart has afflicted your health. You’ve been afflicted with a disease from the skewer to your heart. Your affliction is death. You’re dying.

Hints

You did not wish to be afflicted as such. Feel the skewer in your heart and the great pain it gives you. You know you’re dying.

Readings

On’yomi

かん

Kun’yomi

わずら

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Since you’re afflicted with the death, you start to hallucinate and the ghost of Genghis Khan (かん) appears before you. "Ah, I was afflicted of the same disease. It killed me, you know."

Hints

You look on in horror as the affliction grabs hold and everything starts to fade, but Genghis Khan still floats before you, watching you closely.