Chinese Character 疫 Meanings and components.

Form

疫

Meaning

疫 meaning[3] in English

Epidemic.

Plague.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 疫 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are sick (疒) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 疒 (ne4) which means: Sick, Sickness, Kang Xi Radical 104, Also Pr. [Chuang2], .疒ne4sick

In cangjie it is written with KHNE

How to write 疫

To write疫yi4epidemic you should write a combination of 疒ne4sick , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吕 shape:

疒 + 殳 = 疫

疫 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 疫 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 疫, looks as follow:

疫
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Epidemic . Plague
疒
Pinyin:ne4
Meaning[3]: Sick . Sickness . Kang Xi Radical 104 . Also Pr. [Chuang2]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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