Kanji

瘴

Meaning

miasma

Readings

On'yomi

  • しょう き miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
  • しょう れい tropical disease (e.g. malaria)

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/16

Component Analysis

瘴
miasma
ショウ
疒
trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)
や.む, ダク, ニャク
章
badge, chapter, composition...
ショウ
辛
spicy, bitter, hot...
から.い, つら.い, シン
立
stand up, rise, set up...
た.つ, -た.つ, リツ
亠
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
日
day, sun, Japan...
ひ, -び, ニチ

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