鼠疫桿菌 shǔ yì gǎn jūn

DEFINITIONS

  1. Yersinia pestis
  2. the bubonic plage bacillus

CHARACTERS

鼠 shǔ
HSK 5
rat, mouse; KangXi radical 208
疫 yì
HSK 6
epidemic, plague, pestilence
桿 gǎn pole; stick; club; pole as unit
菌 jūn
HSK 6
mushroom; germ, microbe