The kanji 患: meaning, readings and stroke order

患

Meaning: be ill, worry
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: わずら（う） wazurau
Strokes: 11
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mắc bệnh, lo âu (hoạn)
Japanese: びょうきになる。こころをいためる。
Korean: 앓다, 근심하다 (환)
Chinese: 患病、忧虑

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading

患かん者じゃ
patient (of a doctor)
病院に 患かん者じゃが集まります。
Many patients come to the hospital.

わずら（う） wazurau · kun reading · less common

患わずらう
to suffer from (an illness)
長く病を 患わずらいました。
He was sick for a long time.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.