患
患 — Afflicted
afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomiわずらう (wazurau)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 患
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 患者 | かんじゃ kanja | patient |
| 疾患 | しっかん shikkan | disease; illness; disorder |
| 患う | わずらう wazurau | to be ill; to suffer from |
| 患部 | かんぶ kanbu | affected part; diseased part; wound |
| 病患 | びょうかん byoukan | sickness; disease |
| 急患 | きゅうかん kyuukan | emergency case |
Study notes
患 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #796 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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