病 — kanji meaning “ill”
病
ill, sick
- Meanings
- ill, sick
- On'yomi
- ビョウ (byou)、ヘイ (hei)
- Kun'yomi
- や.む、-や.み、やまい
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #384 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 104
- Chinese reading
- bìng — Chinese character page
Words with 病
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病院 | びょういん byouin | hospital; clinic; doctor's office |
| 病気 | びょうき byouki | illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness |
| 病状 | びょうじょう byoujou | condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology |
| 病人 | びょうにん byounin | sick person; patient; invalid |
| 病室 | びょうしつ byoushitsu | sickroom; hospital room; ward |
| 看病 | かんびょう kanbyou | nursing (a patient) |
| 発病 | はつびょう hatsubyou | onset of an illness; falling ill |
| 病棟 | びょうとう byoutou | (hospital) ward |
| 病死 | びょうし byoushi | death from disease; death from illness |
| 性病 | せいびょう seibyou | sexually transmitted disease; STD; sexually transmitted infection |
| 病む | やむ yamu | to fall ill |
| 白血病 | はっけつびょう hakketsubyou | leukemia; leukaemia |
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