疫

yì

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(bound form) epidemic, plague

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

疒 sickness is the meaning part; 殳 is an empty part, possibly shorthand for 役 yì. It first meant an infectious epidemic, which grew to 'plague.'

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