疫 (yì)

epidemic; plague

How 疫 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
疒 — sickness
Traditional
疫
Simplified
疫 (unchanged)

Components

  • 疒 sickness
  • 殳 weapon/lance

Common words using 疫

免疫 miǎnyì
immunity (to disease)
免疫力 miǎnyìlì
immunity
檢疫 jiǎnyì
quarantine
疫情 yìqíng
epidemic situation
疫苗 yìmiáo
vaccine
瘟疫 wēnyì
epidemic; plague; pestilence
免疫學 miǎnyìxué
immunology
免疫法 miǎnyìfǎ
immunization
口蹄疫 kǒutíyì
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD); aphthous fever
疫病 yìbìng
plague; a blight
防疫 fángyì
disease prevention; protection against epidemic
鼠疫 shǔyì
plague

疫 in a sentence

最近疫情已經好轉了。

Zuìjìn yìqíng yǐjīng hǎozhuǎn le.

“The epidemic situation has improved recently.”

How common is 疫?

疫 is the 1,789th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.2% of all running text.

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