JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Kanji 疫: "epidemic"
The kanji 疫 means "epidemic". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read エキ, ヤク in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エキヤク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | epidemic |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1661 of 2,501 |
Common words with 疫
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 疫病epidemic; plague; pestilence
- 免疫immunity; immunization; immunisation · being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
- 疫病神god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases · jinx; hoodoo; pest; odious person
- 免疫力immune strength; immunity
- 検疫quarantine; medical inspection
- 防疫communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics
- 免疫系immune system
- 悪疫epidemic
- 免疫機能immune function
- 検疫所quarantine station
- 疫学epidemiology
- 免疫細胞immune cell
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