a sore

Ten thousand  sick people 

Components
疒 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sick

萬 meaning component

  Meaning component

wàn

  

ten thousand

Evolution

癘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
癘 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
癘 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
癘 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
癘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

a sore, ulcer; pestilence; ulcer; plague

Most common words with 癘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

ulcer

瘴疠

malaria

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5812th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

Unicode

U+7658

Shuowen

“癘,惡疾也。从疒,蠆省聲。”


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