瘴 — Chinese character
瘴
zhàng
malaria; miasma, pestilential vapor
- Pinyin
- zhàng
- Radical
- 104 ⽧ (Sickness)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 疒 章
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sickness; meaning component 疒; sound component 章
- Japanese
- 瘴 as a kanji
Common words with 瘴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乌烟瘴气 (烏煙瘴氣) | wū yān zhàng qì | (idiom) full of smoke and noxious fumes; (fig.) toxic atmosphere; chaotic environment |
| 瘴气 (瘴氣) | zhàng qì | miasma |
| 瘴疠 (瘴癘) | zhàng lì | (historical) disease attributed to miasma; (modern) tropical infectious disease, esp. malaria |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.