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On
ショウ
Kun
Meaning
miasma

Origin

ORIGIN

Sickness 疒 with 章 as phonetic: the illness caught from the noxious air of hills and rivers.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 瘴気しょうき

    miasma

  • 瘴癘しょうれい

    a miasmic disease

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

谷底に瘴気が立ちこめる。

Miasma hangs thick in the bottom of the valley.

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