疟
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malaria
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 疒 +3
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 瘧
- Common rank
- #3,466
- Unicode
- U+759F
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Formation & memory
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How 疟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
sickness
Components 疒
? unknown part
Words with 疟
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恶性疟原虫 | plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite) | |
| 疟原虫 | plasmodium (malaria parasite) | |
| 疟疾病 | malaria | |
| 疟子 | (coll.) malaria | |
| 疟疾 | malaria | |
| 疟蚊 | Anopheles (type of mosquito) | |
| 痎疟 | (TCM) tertian malaria |