Kanji

疫

Meaning

epidemic

Readings

On'yomi

  • めん えき immunity
  • けん えき quarantine
  • ぼう えき communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.)
  • やく びょうがみ god of pestilence
  • ぎょう やく じん god of pestilence
  • やく びょうのかみ god of pestilence

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/9

Component Analysis

疫
epidemic
エキ, ヤク
疒
trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)
や.む, ダク, ニャク
殳
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
また, ほこ, シュ
几
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
きにょう, キ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
又
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また, また-, ユウ

Common Words

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