漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
痘: pox, smallpox
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
疒 carries the meaning · 豆 gives the sound
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 種痘しゅとうsmallpox vaccination
- 天然痘てんねんとうsmallpox; variola
- 仮痘かとうvarioloid
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side痘 pox · 疒
vs短 short · 矢In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dòu
Same form: 痘 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 痘 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 痘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dòu 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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