疫 = 疒 + 殳

疫 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “epidemic”. It is built from 疒 (sick) and 殳 (name of old weapon).

Keyword: epidemic
Pinyin (Mandarin): yì
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: epidemic, plague, pestilence, чума, эпидемия, plague, pestilence
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 疫 epidemic

Decomposition

ids

疒 sick
殳 name of old weapon

How to find 疫 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sick” + “name of old weapon”. 疫 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 疫 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.