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疫

epidemic
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingエキ、ヤク
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. epidemicRtK
    進化とは快適な悪疫である。Progress is a comfortable disease.tatoeba
    私は天然痘に免疫になっている。I am immune to smallpox.tatoeba
  1. plague
  2. pestilence

Radicals and components

Radical疒sickness
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sickness · hospital · cruise missile · missile · wind (風) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1824

Compound words

悪疫あくえき
epidemic
検疫けんえき
quarantine; medical inspection
防疫ぼうえき
communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics
免疫めんえき
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by)
疫病えきびょう
epidemic; plague; pestilence
疫学えきがく
epidemiology
疫痢えきり
children's dysentery
疫癘えきれい
epidemic
鼠疫そえき
plague
瘟疫うんえき
fever epidemic
疫病神やくびょうがみ
god of pestilence
獲得免疫かくとくめんえき
acquired immunity
能動免疫のうどうめんえき
active immunity
アフリカ馬疫アフリカばえき
African horse sickness

Additional Examples

私は天然痘に免疫になっている。
I am immune to smallpox.tatoeba
今ではみんな天然痘には免疫になっている。
Everybody is immune to smallpox nowadays.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 疫

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step