痘 (dau6 | dou4) : smallpox; vaccine

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痘

dau6

dou4

[1] smallpox | [variant] 天花
[2] vaccine | [variant] 疫苗

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 疒 (#104)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

痘

This word has been viewed 5007 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Dec 2010 04:54

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青春痘 cing1 ceon1 dau6*2 qing1 chun1 dou4 = whelk; acne; pimples

出痘 ceot1 dau6*2 = to have smallpox

痘皮 dau6 pei4 = pock

種痘 zung3 dau6*2 = to vaccinate or be vaccinated against smallpox

痘紙 dau6*2 zi2 = certificate of vaccination

水痘 seoi2 dau6*2 shui3 dou4 = chicken pox

牛痘 ngau4 dau6*2 niu2 dou4 = cowpox

痘痘 dau6 dau6*2 = whelk; acne; pimples

痘𤶸 dau6*2 naa1 = cowpox scars

閹痘 jim1 dau6*2 = a smallpox inoculation (lit., "castrated smallpox"); to vaccinate
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 10 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 痘
Unicode code for this character: U+75d8 (off-site link)

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