癘

Information about character(s)

Radical: 疒
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 疠

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lì, lài
Cantonese: lai6
JapaneseKun: EYAMI
JapaneseOn: REI RAI
Korean: LYE

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a sore, ulcer; pestilence

CE-Dict: ulcer/plague

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an ulcer
2.pestilential vapor; pestilence

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《疒部》癘惡疾也。从疒，蠆省聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集中】【疒字部】癘
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤力制切，音例。惡瘡疾也。【禮·月令】仲冬行春令，民多疥癘。【史記·曹相國世家】時病癘歸國。　又【玉篇】疫氣也。與㾐同。【左傳·昭四年】癘疾不降。【註】癘，惡氣也。【後漢·順帝紀】上干和氣，疫癘爲災。　又【韻會】通作厲。【史記·豫讓傳】桼身爲厲。【註】人體著桼，多生瘡。又【嚴安傳】民不夭厲。【註】病也。　又【字彙補】借作勵。【漢衡方𥓓】砥仁癘義。【帝堯𥓓】癘我以仁。　又【管子·五行篇】不癘雛轂。【註】癘，殺也。　又【管子·問篇】戈戟之緊，其癘何若。【註】其淬癘可用如何。　又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤落蓋切，音賴。義同。今作癩。