水疱瘡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	疱	瘡
みず Grade: 1	ほう > ぼう Hyōgai	そう Hyōgai
kun'yomi	kan'on	kan'on

Etymology

/midu bausau/ > /mizu bɔːsɔː/ > /mizu boːsoː/. Compound of 水 (mizu, “water”) +‎ 疱瘡 (bōsō, “smallpox”).

Noun

水(みず)疱(ぼう)瘡(そう) • (mizubōsō) ^{←みづばうさう (midubausau)?}

1. a contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV); chickenpox

Synonyms

• 風痘(ふうとう) (fūtō)
• 水痘(すいとう) (suitō)

References

• “水^▲疱^▲瘡”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026