字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE燕639背 合573
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Human Body & People
疒 sickness
やまいだれ yamaidare
5 strokesRadical of 15 kanjiPart of 15
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
A person lying in bed. Original form of 疾 (“illness”).
Source: Wiktionary, 疒 (rev. 89465422), 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. This radical is the spirit of healing and the struggle against "sickness." When you see it hanging from the top-left, think of the "treatment" needed to get well, the "pain" of a long illness, and the "fatigue" we feel when our bodies are taxed.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates sickness, diseases, medicine, hospitals, medical treatment, physical weakness, fatigue, or the concept of a long-term ailment.
What it grows into
- 病illビョウ · やむ
疒 + 丙sound
Illness. Note that 丙 also means “fire”, hence connotations of “lying feverishly in bed”.
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 痛painツウ · いたい
疒 + 甬sound
The character conveys the meaning of "pain" or "to hurt.".
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 疲exhaustedヒ · つかれる
Every kanji with 疒 as its radical
All 15 kanji