罹
happen to; sorrow; suffer from
Closest English meanings
suffer·meet with
The Calligrapher — Ōuyáng Tōng 欧阳通
Tang regular-script master known for powerful, square strokes.
Tang calligrapher (?–691), master of regular script — known for 《道因法师碑》. Tang dynasty
Cultural Story
罹 is the moment the net lands on you. The 诗经's wanderer cries 逢此百罹 — born into an age that met him with a hundred sorrows — and the word ever after named suffering that finds its victim: 罹难 in disaster, 罹罪 under the law, 罹患 before a diagnosis. Misfortune, in this character, is something you are caught by.
Common words & phrases
- 罹难 die in disaster · be killed
- 罹患 suffer from (illness)
- 罹罪 commit a crime
Read the story behind the character
Its register is newspaper-formal: reports count passengers 罹难 (killed in disaster) after a crash; medical papers track patients 罹患 (suffering from) chronic illness; legal columns explain who 罹罪 (commits a crime) and what follows. Ordinary talk softens it — 得病, 出事 — but the formal page still chooses 罹 when gravity matters.
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