疫 yì epidemic
epidemic; plague; pestilence
怎么记住“疫”: 疒 illness + 殳 weapon = epidemic. When the illness moves like a silent weapon from one family to the next, the village doctor knows it is an epidemic.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
疫 = 疒 illness + 殳 weapon
- 疒 illness meaning
- 殳 weapon sound
When the illness moves like a silent weapon from one family to the next, the village doctor knows it is an epidemic.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, sickness gives the meaning and a shortened sound part gives the sound.
用法
- Epidemic/plague: 疫情 (yìqíng) the epidemic situation, 瘟疫 (wēnyì) a plague.
- 免疫 (miǎnyì) = immunity (免疫力 immune strength); 疫苗 (yìmiáo) = vaccine.
- 防疫 (fángyì) = epidemic prevention; 疫区 = an infected/quarantined area.
- The 疒 (sickness) radical marks it as disease-related.