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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

疫: epidemic

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

疒 carries the meaning · 殳 gives the sound

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

エキeki · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 免疫めんえき
  • 検疫けんえきquarantine; medical inspection
  • 防疫ぼうえきcommunicable disease control (e.g. by…
  • 疫病えきびょうepidemic; plague; pestilence
  • 検疫所けんえきじょquarantine station

Also read ヤク, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
More in the 疒 sickness story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
疒

Also built on sickness (疒)

All 14
殳

Also built on lance shaft (殳)

All 15

The 殳 sound family doesn't share one reading.

Also read エキ

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ヤク

8 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yì

Same form: 疫 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
疫 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
疫 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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