疫 — kanji meaning “epidemic”
疫
epidemic
- Meanings
- epidemic
- On'yomi
- エキ (eki)、ヤク (yaku)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1661 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 104
- Chinese reading
- yì — Chinese character page
Words with 疫
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 免疫 | めんえき men'eki | immunity; immunization; immunisation |
| 疫病 | えきびょう ekibyou | epidemic; plague; pestilence |
| 検疫 | けんえき ken'eki | quarantine; medical inspection |
| 防疫 | ぼうえき boueki | communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics |
| 疫病神 | やくびょうがみ yakubyougami | god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases |
| 疫学 | えきがく ekigaku | epidemiology |
| 悪疫 | あくえき akueki | epidemic |
| 検疫所 | けんえきじょ ken'ekijo | quarantine station |
| 牛疫 | ぎゅうえき gyuueki | cattle plague; rinderpest |
| 疫神 | えきじん ekijin | god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence |
| 疫痢 | えきり ekiri | children's dysentery |
| 疫癘 | えきれい ekirei | epidemic; plague; pestilence |
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