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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: ill, sick

Kunyomi: や.む, -や.み, やまい

Onyomi: ビョウ, ヘイ

Composition: 疒 丙

病

Radical

Radical: 疒

Reading: やまいだれ

Meaning: sickness

Strokes: 5

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Examples

Examples with audio

病気(びょうき)   illness

病院(びょういん)   hospital

病人(びょうにん)   patient

心臓病(しんぞうびょう)   heart disease

看病する(かんびょうする)   nurse (a patient)

病む(やむ)   be ill

病み付き(やみつき)   addicted, hooked

病み上がり(やみあがり)   convalescence

病(やまい)   illness

Onyomi Examples

病 (ビョウ) disease

病院 (ビョウイン) hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary

血友病 (ケツユウビョウ) hemophilia, haemophilia

同病 (ドウビョウ) the same sickness

Kunyomi Examples

病む (やむ) to fall ill, to suffer from (e.g. a disease), to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

病 (やまい) illness, disease, bad habit, weakness, fault

病が篤い (やまいがあつい) seriously ill

恋病 (こいやまい) lovesickness

躁鬱病 (そううつびょう) manic depression, manic-depressive psychosis, bipolar disorder

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