Chinese Character 瘟 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

瘟 meaning[3] in English

Epidemic.

Pestilence.

Plague.

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KWOT

How to write 瘟

To writewen1epidemic you should write a combination of ne4sick , 𥁕wen1 arranged in a shape:

+ 𥁕 =

瘟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:wen1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Epidemic . Pestilence . Plague

Pinyin:ne4
Meaning[3]: Sick . Sickness . Kang Xi Radical 104 . Also Pr. [Chuang2]

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

𥁕
Pinyin:wen1 Shape:

Pinyin:qiu2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Prisoner

Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 瘟in English or Chinese