疫
epidemic
Readings
On'yomi
- エキ
- ヤク
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
疫 centers on widespread illness: an epidemic that spreads through a population.
Most common words using 疫
20 of 84- 免疫めんえき
immunity; immunization; immunisation
- 疫病えきびょう
epidemic; plague; pestilence
- 疫病神やくびょうがみ
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
- 検疫けんえき
quarantine; medical inspection
- 疫学えきがく
epidemiology
- 防疫ぼうえき
communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics
- 疫神えきじん
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
- 悪疫あくえき
epidemic
- 検疫所けんえきじょ
quarantine station
- アフリカ馬疫アフリカばえき
African horse sickness
- ヒト免疫グロブリンひとめんえきグロブリン
human immunoglobulin
- ヒト免疫不全ウイルスひとめんえきふぜんウイルス
human immunodeficiency virus; HIV
- 体液性免疫たいえきせいめんえき
humoral immunity
- 先天性免疫不全症候群せんてんせいめんえきふぜんしょうこうぐん
primary immunodeficiency syndrome
- 免疫グロブリンめんえきグロブリン
immunoglobulin
- 免疫システムめんえきシステム
immune system
- 免疫不全めんえきふぜん
immunodeficiency
- 免疫不全症めんえきふぜんしょう
immunodeficiency disease
- 免疫体めんえきたい
antibody
- 免疫力めんえきりょく
immune strength; immunity
Study
Etymology
疫 combines 疒 (sickness) with 殳, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest a striking or spreading action, together conveying a spreading disease.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 殳, like a disease striking and spreading through a crowd. Picture an epidemic sweeping through a village.
Reading mnemonic
For エキ, imagine an epidemic spreading through a city, and everyone is saying 'eck!' in disgust: eck -> エキ.