病

音読おんよみ: ビョウ

訓読くんよみ: やまい・や

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 疒(やまいだれ)

Meaning

Illness, Sickness, Disease — Often used in medical and health-related terms.


  • 病気びょうき — illness, sickness
  • 病院びょういん — hospital
  • 病人びょうにん — patient
  • 重病じゅうびょう — serious illness
  • 急病きゅうびょう — sudden illness
  • 仮病けびょう — feigned illness

The left radical 疒 (やまいだれ) means "sickness" and appears in many kanji related to disease or medical conditions. The right side 丙 (へい) provides the phonetic component. Together, they form the idea of being ill.

はは病気びょうき病院びょういんきました。
My mother went to the hospital because she was sick.

かれ重病じゅうびょう入院にゅういんしました。
He was hospitalized with a serious illness.

🎧 Pronunciation guide for びょう and やまい is available below.

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