瘟
epidemic; pestilence; plague; (fig.) stupid; dull; (of a performance) lackluster
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,035 U+761F
How 瘟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
疒 (semantic, “sickness”) + 昷 (phonetic)
components: 疒 昷
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 昷
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 昷 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昷 sound component | — | warm, a warm meal |
| 温 | wēn | warm, lukewarm |
| 腽 | wà | fat, blubber |
| 愠 | yùn | angry, indignant; resentful, sulking |
| 缊 | yūn | tangled hemp, raveled silk; vague, confused |
| 辒 | wēn | hearse |
| 媪 | ǎo | old woman; lower-class woman |
| 榅 | wēn | pillar; conifer; Cryptomeria |
| 氲 | yūn | prosperity; the breath of life; the spirit of harmony |
| 豱 | wēn | short-snouted pig |
| 韫 | yùn | to contain; to hide, to conceal |
Words containing 瘟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五瘟神 | wǔ wēn shén | five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence; cf four horsemen of the apocalypse |
| 非洲猪瘟 | Fēi zhōu zhū wēn | African swine fever |
| 犬瘟热 | quǎn wēn rè | canine distemper (mammalian disease caused by Canine morbillivirus) |
| 瘟神 | wēn shén | demon personifying pestilence |
| 五瘟 | wǔ wēn | five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence |
| 猫瘟 | māo wēn | feline panleukopenia; feline distemper |
| 猪瘟 | zhū wēn | swine fever |
| 驱瘟 | qū wēn | to expel pestilences |
| 瘟疫 | wēn yì | plague; pestilence |
| 暑瘟 | shǔ wēn | tropical disease; summertime disease |
| 遭瘟 | zāo wēn | to suffer from a plague; to endure a misfortune; a plague on him! |