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病

ill
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingビョウ、ヘイ
Kun readingや.む、-や.み、やまい
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. illRtK
  2. sick
  1. illness
  2. disease
  3. bad habit
  4. weakness
  5. fault

Synonyms

疾患疾病病気

Popular Usage

病院病気看病臆病

Radicals and components

Radical疒sickness
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sickness · hospital · third class · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · inside

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1813

Compound words

病院びょういん
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
病気びょうき
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness; bad habit; bad behaviour
看病かんびょう
nursing (a patient)
疾病しっぺい
illness; disease
発病するはつびょうする
onset of an illness
臆病おくびょう
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
奇病きびょう
strange disease; rare disease
急病きゅうびょう
sudden illness
持病じびょう
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
重病じゅうびょう
serious illness
性病せいびょう
sexually transmitted disease; STD; sexually transmitted infection; STI; venereal disease
同病どうびょう
the same sickness
難病なんびょう
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
熱病ねつびょう
fever; febrile disease
発病はつびょう
onset of an illness; falling ill
病むやむ
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
病苦びょうく
pain of sickness
病死びょうし
death from disease; death from illness
病室びょうしつ
sickroom; hospital room; ward
病弱びょうじゃく
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
病床びょうしょう
sickbed; (hospital) bed
病状びょうじょう
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
病人びょうにん
sick person; patient; invalid
病棟びょうとう
(hospital) ward

Kun Reading Examples

年来の経済病には手軽にきく万能薬などありません。やまい
There is no easy cure-all for old economic ills.tatoeba
ほとんど全ての人は治療で死に、病のゆえではない。やまい
Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illness.tatoeba
ジョンのおばあさんは長い間病に伏せていたが、亡くなった。やまい
John's grandmother passed away after a long illness.tatoeba
これらの感染病はミルクの汚染が原因だった。やまい
These infections were caused by contaminated milk.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は父親の病気を心配している。
He is concerned about his father's illness.tatoeba
彼は父親が病気だと言ったが、それはうそだった。
He said his father was ill, which was a lie.tatoeba
彼は不治の病にかかってしまった。
He contracted an incurable disease.tatoeba
彼は不治の病にかかっている。
He has an incurable disease.tatoeba
病院・医院など。
Byoin (hospitals) and Iin (clinics).wiki
京都大学附属病院
Kyoto University Hospitalwiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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