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8 strokesTrad.
Readingslài

ulcer

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Character information

Pinyin
lì / lài
Meaning
ulcer; plague
Strokes
8
HSK level
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸疒万

Ten thousand 万 sick people 疒

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

Traditional form : Ten thousand 萬 sick people 疒

How to write step by step

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zhàng

tropical disease attributed to miasma; malaria

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