epidemic, plague, pestilence

Animated Stroke Order 瘟

瘟 stroke order svg

Stroke Order Diagrams 瘟

瘟 stroke order diagram

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
zhōng
shì
ōu
zhōu
céng
bào
guī
wēn

A large-scale plague broke out in medieval Europe

2
rén
men
wēn
shén
shì
wèi
xiáng
de
xiàng
zhēng

People regard the god of plague as an ominous symbol

3
nóng
chǎng
bào
zhū
wēn
dǎo
zhì
liàng
shēng
zhū
wáng

An outbreak of swine fever on the farm caused massive pig deaths

4
wēn
hěn

Plague is very scary.

5
dài
jīng
cháng
shēng
wēn
hěn
duō
rén
yīn
shēng
bìng

In ancient times, plagues often occurred, and many people got sick because of them.

6
zhèng
cǎi
cuò
shī
fáng
zhǐ
wēn
chuán
bǎo
le
gōng
zhòng
jiàn
kāng

The government took measures to prevent the spread of the plague, protecting public health.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes14
StructureSemi-Enclosed
Frequency#2602
Zhuyinㄨㄣ
Components
UnicodeU+761F
CangjieKBHPM
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