齇

zhā

Reddening of the nose · zha

Also rendered: Reddening of the nose (this site; the graph is built on 鼻, so the English keeps the place) · Zha (transliteration; used when the row of sweat injuries is quoted together)

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Reviewed · 2026-10-10

At a glance

Pinyin: zhā
Simplified: 齇
Literal: 齇 zhā — a redness of the nose, the small red swellings that come of cold pressing on the skin once sweat has opened it. The graph is built on 鼻, the nose; later books write the same word 皶 or 齄. In Suwen 3 it stands in a row of small afflictions with one cause between them: the pores open with sweat, something meets them, and what results is named.
Shuowen: **「齇」讀 zhā，本篇1見**；**从鼻，鼻上赤皰也；他本或作「皶」「齄」**；**《說文》無齇字，為後起之形聲字，从鼻虘聲**；**本篇一見，為已錄諸篇所無之字**

In brief

What sweat meets wind and cold and becomes: a redness of the nose. Suwen 3 puts it in a list — half-sided sweating wastes one side, sweat that meets dampness gives pimples and prickly heat, rich food gives a boil, and the sweat of toil meeting wind, with cold pressing in, gives 齇; if it builds up, pimples. The graph is built on 鼻, and later texts write it 皶 or 齄.

Senses in the classical corpus

The graph 齇

从鼻，鼻上赤皰；他本或作皶、齄

寒薄爲齇 — Suwen 3

What brings it 勞汗當風

勞而汗出，當風則邪客於皮

勞汗當風，寒薄爲齇 — Suwen 3

How the cold acts 寒薄

薄，迫也；寒氣迫束於皮而不得出

寒薄爲齇，鬱乃痤 — Suwen 3

What it becomes 鬱乃痤

鬱積不散，則變為痤

寒薄爲齇，鬱乃痤 — Suwen 3

Its company 汗出見濕，乃生痤疿

同由汗出而邪入

汗出見濕，乃生痤疿 — Suwen 3

The reading 讀 zhā

音近渣；不讀 zhǎ，亦不讀 cuó

寒薄爲齇 — Suwen 3

Occurrences in the classics

Passages where the term does real work, with the original, pinyin and English on the same line.

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素問·生氣通天論 Suwen 3 · 生氣通天論 Read in context →

汗出偏沮，使人偏枯。汗出見濕，乃生痤疿。高梁之變，足生大丁，受如持虚。勞汗當風，寒薄爲齇，鬱乃痤。汗出偏沮，使人偏枯。汗出见湿，乃生痤疿。高梁之变，足生大丁，受如持虚。劳汗当风，寒薄为齇，郁乃痤。

Hàn chū piān jǔ, shǐ rén piān kū. hàn chū jiàn shī, nǎi shēng cuó fèi. gāo liáng zhī biàn, zú shēng dà dīng, shòu rú chí xū. láo hàn dāng fēng, hán bó wéi zhā, yù nǎi cuó.

If one half of the body sweats and the other does not, the person wastes away on that side. Sweating that meets dampness brings pimples and prickly heat. Fine grain and rich meat suffice to raise a great boil on the foot; one takes it up as though holding an empty vessel. When the sweat of toil meets wind and cold presses in, there is redness of the nose; if it builds up, there are pimples.

**「齇」本篇1見**；**讀 zhā，从鼻；他本或作皶、齄**；**「寒薄」之薄讀 bó，迫也**

Compounds built on this term

勞汗當風

láo hàn dāng fēng

the sweat of toil meeting wind

本篇1見

寒薄

hán bó

cold pressing in

本篇1見

鬱乃痤

yù nǎi cuó

stagnation makes pimples

本篇1見

痤疿

cuó fèi

pimples and prickly heat

本篇1見；本站第二二三條

How it has been translated

Every rendering below is a decision about which reader is being addressed. There is no neutral option.

This site	Reddening of the nose · zha	keeps the place, because the graph names it and because the row is about which place the evil reaches
Literal	nose redness	plain, and it loses that this is a named complaint
Descriptive	rosacea	the modern name; a different disease and a different judgement

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2026-10-10

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