# 疫 — Epidemic

Frequency rank 1576 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 宛 (Address), less common than 濡 (Get wet).

- On’yomi: えき
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 疒 Sickness (Kangxi 104)
- Frequency path: Level XIII of XX

A sick person on the left wields a weapon on the right — sickness that attacks like a weapon spreading through the population is an epidemic.

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