Kanji Details:
- 疫
- Frequency:1661
- Kun: nan
- On: エキ, ヤク
- Meaning: epidemic
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 免疫 めんえき immunity, immunization, immunisation 検疫 けんえき quarantine, medical inspection 防疫 ぼうえき communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.), prevention of epidemics 検疫所 けんえきしょ, けんえきじょ quarantine station 疫病 えきびょう, やくびょう infectious disease, plague, epidemic 悪疫 あくえき epidemic 疫学 えきがく epidemiology, the study of epidemics 疫病神 やくびょうがみ, えきびょうがみ jinx (lit: god of pestilence), hoodoo, pest, odious person, plague, angel of death 疫痢 えきり children's dysentery 疫癘 えきれい epidemic, plague, pestilence