Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 8 freq #1661

epidemic

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

sickness yamaidare

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

immunity; immunization
quarantine; medical inspection
communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics
quarantine station
epidemic; plague
autoimmune hemolytic anemia; autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
immune substance; immunity substance
autoimmunity
autoimmune hemolytic anemia; autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
gods or demons that cause epidemics

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
infectious disease; plague
African horse sickness

Example sentences

Everybody is immune to smallpox nowadays.

Every person in this community is like a cell in the immune system of a healthy human body.

A worldwide plague of theft emptied museums.

In ancient times, plagues killed many people.