ChiramiN4 kanji · 10 strokes
病 means sick
疒 sickness · 丙 third
病Memory trick
Stuck in bed for the third (丙) day: sick.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- ill, sick
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) やむ yamu
やむ (yamu) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: やまい yamai
From Chinese (onyomi) ビョウ byou
ビョウ (byou) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ヘイ hei
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Common word
病気 びょうき · byouki
illness, disease
Built from
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人 Used in 65 kanji
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What does 病 mean?
Right: 病 means sick.Not quite: 病 means sick.In 病気, which reading does 病 use?
Right. 病気 is read びょうき (byouki): 病 takes ビョウ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 病気 is read びょうき (byouki): 病 takes ビョウ, its reading from Chinese.