病
病 — Ill
ill, sick
On’yomiビョウ (byou)
On’yomiヘイ (hei)
Kun’yomiやむ (yamu)
Kun’yomi-やみ (yami)
Kun’yomiやまい (yamai)
Stroke order (10 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 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 |
| 水俣病 | みなまたびょう minamatabyou | Minamata disease |
| 糖尿病 | とうにょうびょう tounyoubyou | diabetes; diabetes mellitus |
| 白血病 | はっけつびょう hakketsubyou | leukemia; leukaemia |
| 病状 | びょうじょう byoujou | condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology |
Study notes
病 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #384 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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