瘴 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 伝染病を催す毒気。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声、「疒」+ 音符「章」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

miasma

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ショウ

Other languages

• 拼音zhang4
• 한글jang
• Hán-ViệtChướng

infoBasics

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

疒(やまいだれ)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+7634

grid_viewComponents

• 十じゅう
• 日ひ
• 曰ひらび
• 疒やまいだれ
• 立たつ
• 音おと

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸疒章

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 瘴気しょうき熱病を起こさせるとされる山川から発生する悪い気。miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
• 瘴癘しょうれい暑熱や湿潤など、特有の気候風土によって発生する、伝染病や熱病。tropical disease (e.g. malaria)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

3-5-11

Four Corner

0014.6

Spahn–Hadamitzky

5i11.3

Nelson

3073