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Keyword
miasma
  • malaria
  • pestilential vapor
Frequency
#4099
Strokes
16
Readings
zhàng
Mnemonic
疒 (sickness) gives the meaning and 章 the sound.
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Used in vocabulary
乌烟瘴气wūyānzhàngqì
(idiom) full of smoke and noxious fumes; (fig.) toxic atmosphere; chaotic environment
瘴zhàng
(bound form) miasma
瘴疠zhànglì
(historical) disease attributed to miasma; (modern) tropical infectious disease, esp. malaria