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Chinese symbol for “ward”

病房
bìng fáng
ward (of a hospital); sickroom; 间 (jiān)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ward is 病房 (bìng fáng), defined as: ward (of a hospital); sickroom; 间 (jiān).

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

病 bìng
sickness, illness, disease
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes
房 fáng
building, house, room
radical 63 ⼾ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ward”

WordPinyinMeaning
病室bìng shìinfirmary; ward

Related words

Other words that share a character with 病房.

WordPinyinMeaning
病毒bìng dúvirus
疾病jí bìngdisease; sickness; ailment
病人bìng rénsick person; patient
病例bìng lì(medical) case; occurrence of illness
生病shēng bìngto fall ill
艾滋病ài zī bìng(loanword) AIDS
房子fáng zihouse; building (single- or two-story)
房间 (房間)fáng jiānroom; 间 (jiān)

See also: Japanese symbol for “ward”.

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.