Onyomi: ビョウ, ヘイ · Kunyomi: -や.み, や.む, やまい · Meanings: ill, sick
Kanji for ill, sick
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The kanji 病 combines the “sickness/ill” radical (疒) with a component representing a house or place, symbolizing someone confined due to illness. In ancient times, it represented disease or being unwell. 病 came to mean sickness, illness, or disease, capturing both physical ailment and the need for care.
A person lying under shelter due to illness — 病 means sickness, illness, or disease.
Imagine someone resting under a roof because they are sick — that’s 病, the kanji for illness and disease.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 病 | やまい | illness, disease | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 病 | びょう | disease | Suffix |
| 労き | いたずき | pain, trouble | Noun |
| 病気 | びょうき | illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold), disease, sickness | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 病院 | びょういん | hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 病む | やむ | to fall ill | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 病人 | びょうにん | sick person, patient, invalid | common Noun |
| 病状 | びょうじょう | patient's condition, pathology | common Noun |
| 病弱 | びょうじゃく | weak (constitution), sickly, feeble, in poor health | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 病床 | びょうしょう | sickbed, (hospital) bed | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |