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Chinese symbol for “sickness”

疾病
jí bìng
disease; sickness; ailment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sickness 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

疾 jí
sickness, illness, disease; to envy, to hate
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes
病 bìng
sickness, illness, disease
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “sickness”

WordPinyinMeaning
恙yàngsickness
殗yèsickness; repeated
瘼mòdistress; sickness
疒nèsick; sickness

Related words

Other words that share a character with 疾病.

WordPinyinMeaning
残疾 (殘疾)cán jídisabled; handicapped
残疾人 (殘疾人)cán jí réndisabled person
疟疾 (瘧疾)nüè jímalaria
疾苦jí kǔpain and difficulties; suffering (of the people)
疾风 (疾風)jí fēngstrong wind; gale
病毒bìng dúvirus
病人bìng rénsick person; patient
病例bìng lì(medical) case; occurrence of illness

See also: Japanese symbol for “sickness”.

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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