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wēn

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wēn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wēn | wen1
English translation
epidemic, plague, pestilence

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About wēn

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

wēn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

sickness

Etymology of wēn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

疒昷

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

wēn

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Example sentences using wēn

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gǒu 必须 bìxū 接种 jiē zhòng 犬瘟热疫苗 yì miáo

Dogs must be vaccinated against distemper.

Words with wēn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
瘟疫 wēn yì epidemic瘟疫 wēn yì
wēn epidemic wēn
瘟神 wēn shén demon personifying pestilence瘟神 wēn shén
遭瘟 zāo wēn to suffer from a plague遭瘟 zāo wēn

wēn Decomposition & Compounds

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