Chinese symbol for “disease”
疾病
jí bìng
disease; sickness; ailment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disease is 疾病 (jí bìng), defined as: disease; sickness; ailment.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “disease”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 症 | zhèng | disease; illness |
| 病症 | bìng zhèng | disease; illness |
| 疾 | jí | (bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift |
| 病 | bìng | illness; 场 (cháng) |
| 病患 | bìng huàn | illness; disease |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疾病.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 残疾 (殘疾) | cán jí | disabled; handicapped |
| 残疾人 (殘疾人) | cán jí rén | disabled person |
| 疟疾 (瘧疾) | nüè jí | malaria |
| 疾苦 | jí kǔ | pain and difficulties; suffering (of the people) |
| 疾风 (疾風) | jí fēng | strong wind; gale |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 病人 | bìng rén | sick person; patient |
| 病例 | bìng lì | (medical) case; occurrence of illness |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disease”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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