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患

Afflicted
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingカン
Kun readingわずら.う
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8Level 37

Verbs with «患»

患う

Meanings

  1. afflictedRtK
  2. be ill
  3. disease
  4. suffer from
    彼は最近、うつ病を患い、仕事に支障が出ている。He has been suffering from depression recently, which is interfering with his work.tatoeba
  1. to be ill
  2. to suffer from

Popular Usage

患者

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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kebab · in · stick (丨) · mouth (口) · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 650

Compound words

患者かんじゃ
patient
患うわずらう
to be ill; to suffer from
患部かんぶ
affected part; diseased part; wound
急患きゅうかん
emergency case
疾患しっかん
disease; illness; disorder; condition; ailment
患難かんなん
affliction
重患じゅうかん
serious illness
罹患りかん
contraction of a disease
罹患率りかんりつ
disease rate
外来患者がいらいかんじゃ
outpatients
歯牙疾患しがしっかん
dental disease
収容患者しゅうようかんじゃ
in-patients
切断患者せつだんかんじゃ
amputee
内憂外患ないゆうがいかん
troubles both at home and abroad
難病患者なんびょうかんじゃ
patient with intractable disease
癩病患者らいびょうかんじゃ
leper

Additional Examples

彼はこの病院の患者ではなく医者です。
He is not a patient but a doctor in this hospital.tatoeba
彼の診療所は、そのスキャンダル以来多くの患者を失った。
His clinic has lost many patients since the scandal.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Suffer, be ill. 串 (pierce) + 心 (heart) — something piercing the heart. 患者 — patient.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 患

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step