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Kanji Detail for 癘 - "epidemic, leprosy"
癘
- Meaning
癘 means "epidemic, leprosy."
Epidemic - A contagious disease.
Leprosy - Hansen's disease.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
contagious disease; leprosy
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
a sore, ulcer; pestilence
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
ulcer; plague
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
sore, ulcer; plague, pestilence
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A malignant disease. Severe leprosy. Anciently called 癘風. The character is also written as 癩.
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