漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
病: ill, sick
JLPT N410 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
疒 carries the meaning · 丙 gives the sound
10 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
ビョウbyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 病気びょうきillness
- 病院びょういんhospital
- 病人びょうにんpatient
- 心臓病しんぞうびょうheart disease
- 看病するかんびょうするnurse (a patient)
やむyamu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 病むやむbe ill
-やみ-yami · kun'yomi
- 病み付きやみつきaddicted, hooked
- 病み上がりやみあがりconvalescence
やまいyamai · kun'yomi
- 病やまいillness
Also read ヘイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)疒 sickness (meaning) + 丙 (sound)
Illness. Note that 丙 also means “fire”, hence connotations of “lying feverishly in bed”.
Source: Wiktionary, 病 (rev. 92680944), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ビョウ
6 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side病 ill · 疒
vs柄 design · 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bìng
Same form: 病 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 病 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 病 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bìng 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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