鼠疫杆菌 shǔ yì gǎn jūn

DEFINITIONS

  1. Yersinia pestis
  2. the bubonic plage bacillus

CHARACTERS

鼠 shǔ rat, mouse; KangXi radical 208
疫 yì epidemic, plague, pestilence
杆 gǎn pole; shaft of spear
菌 jūn mushroom; germ, microbe