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癘 — 17 strokes / Radical「疒」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 17 strokes / Radical「疒」
On
レイ・ライれい・らい · rei · rai
Kun
えやみeyami
Meaning
a pestilence

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Sickness 疒 with 厲 as phonetic: an epidemic that runs through a people.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 疫癘えきれい

    a pestilence

  • 瘴癘しょうれい

    a miasmic disease

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

疫癘(えきれい)が国(くに)中(ちゅう)に広(ひろ)がる。

The pestilence spreads through the whole country.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

疫癘瘴癘癘疫epidem…瘴miasma疔a deep…疚to fee…疝colic疥scabie…疣a wart囹prison泪tears冽cold…洌clear…茘used…
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