病 — ill, sick

びょう病 ill

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes health

U+75C5 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #384 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1813 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

ill
sick

word

ひょう・びょう hyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

病(びょう) byou illness 病(びょう) 院(いん) byouin hospital 病(びょう) 気(き) byouki illness うつ病(びょう) utsubyou depression 病(びょう) 人(にん) byounin sick person 病(びょう) 室(しつ) byoushitsu hospital room 発(はつ) 病(びょう) hatsubyou onset of illness ハンセン病(びょう) hansenbyou Hansen's disease

へい・ぺい hei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

疾(しっ) 病(ぺい) shippei disease

や ya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

病(や) む yamu to fall ill

Appears in idioms

無病息災四字熟語

nothingness, ill, breath, disaster

病は気から諺

Illness comes from the spirit (Qi)

Stroke order

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Components

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疒 sickness

へい丙 third class

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#104 疒 sickness

病 — ill, sick

Meanings

word

ひょう・びょう hyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

へい・ぺい hei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

や ya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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病 — ill, sick

Meanings

word

ひょう ・びょう hyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

へい ・ぺい hei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

や ya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

ひょう・びょう hyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

へい・ぺい hei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).