Chinese symbol for “smallpox”
天花
tiān huā
smallpox; ceiling; stamen of corn; (old) snow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for smallpox is 天花 (tiān huā), defined as: smallpox; ceiling; stamen of corn; (old) snow; (dialect) sesame oil.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 天花.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 几天 (幾天) | jǐ tiān | several days |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 天下 | tiān xià | land under heaven; the whole world |
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 花费 (花費) | huā fèi | expense; cost |
See also: Japanese symbol for “smallpox”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.