dòu

common
medical
noun

Meaning of

痘 means smallpox; variola; smallpox vaccine; cowpox vaccine. Pronounced dòu.

  • smallpox; variola
  • smallpox vaccine; cowpox vaccine
  • pock; vesicle (from smallpox or vaccination)

Character Info

Radical
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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Tiān
huā
 
dòu
 
céng
jīng
shì
zhǒng
zhì
mìng
de
chuán
rǎn
bìng
 

Smallpox used to be a deadly infectious disease.

dài
hěn
duō
rén
yīn
wèi
gǎn
rǎn
dòu
ér
shì
 

Many people in ancient times died from contracting smallpox.