疫 yì epidemic
epidemic; plague; pestilence
How to remember 疫: 疒 illness + 殳 strike = epidemic. When the illness starts to strike one family after another, the village doctor knows it is an epidemic.
Component breakdown
疫 = 疒 illness + 殳 strike
- 疒 illness
- 殳 strike
When the illness starts to strike one family after another, the village doctor knows it is an epidemic.
How it is used
- Epidemic/plague - 疫情 (yìqíng) the epidemic situation, 瘟疫 (wēnyì) a plague.
- 免疫 (miǎnyì) = immunity (免疫力 immune strength); 疫苗 (yìmiáo) = vaccine.
- 防疫 (fángyì) = epidemic prevention; 疫区 = an infected/quarantined area.
- The 疒 (sickness) radical marks it as disease-related.