yì
epidemic
Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 役 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 疫
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
immunity (to disease) | ||
vaccine | ||
epidemic | ||
epidemic situation | ||
quarantine |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ɢʷek | ywek | yì | epidemic |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 6.1989% of movies
2018th most common character in movies
1791st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+75AB |
Shuowen | “疫，民皆疾也。从疒，役省聲。” |
Sources
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