Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

患: afflicted, disease

Also: suffer from, be ill

JLPT N211 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

心 carries the meaning · 串 gives the sound

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 患者かんじゃpatient [n.]
  • 患部かんぶaffected part
  • 急患きゅうかんemergency case
  • 疾患しっかんdisease; illness; disorder

わずらうwazurau · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 患うわずらうfall ill
  • 長患いながわずらいlong illness

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · huàn

Same form: 患 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
患 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
患 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin huàn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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