CHINESE CHARACTER

疫 (yì): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

yì

epidemic, plague, pestilence

HSK 69 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

疒

Primary radical

疒 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 疫.

疒 · 殳

Visible components

疫 is decomposed as ⿸疒殳.

STROKES · 9

Write 疫 in 9 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 疫

免疫miǎnyì

HSK 6 · immunity (to disease)

防疫fángyì

HSK 7-9 · to prevent epidemics

瘟疫wēnyì

HSK 7-9 · plague; pestilence

疫苗yìmiáo

HSK 7-9 · vaccine

Examples using 疫

免疫

现今每个人都对天花免疫了。

Xiàn jīn měi gè rén dōu duì tiān huā miǎn yì le。

Everybody is immune to smallpox nowadays.

疫苗

我接种了流感疫苗。

Wǒ jiē zhòng le liú gǎn yì miáo。

I had a flu shot.

FAQ

What does 疫 (yì) mean in Chinese?

epidemic, plague, pestilence

How do you write 疫 in stroke order?

疫 has 9 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 疫?

疒 is the radical in 疫. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 疫?

免疫 (miǎnyì): immunity (to disease); 防疫 (fángyì): to prevent epidemics; 瘟疫 (wēnyì): plague; pestilence.