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The kanji 病: meaning, readings and stroke order
病
- Meaning
- sickness, ill
- On reading
- ビョウ byou、ヘイ* hei
- Kun reading
- や（む） yamu、やまい yamai
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 疒 sickness
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bệnh, ốm (bệnh)
- Japanese
- びょうき。
- Korean
- 병, 아프다 (병)
- Chinese
- 病、生病
Readings, words and example sentences
ビョウ byou · on reading
病気
sickness
病気で 学校を 休みました。
I stayed home from school because I was sick.
や（む） yamu · kun reading · less common
病む
to be sick
おじいさんは 長く 病んで いましたが、今は 元気です。
Grandpa was sick for a long time, but now he is well.
やまい yamai · kun reading · less common
病
illness
おばあさんの 重い 病が なおりました。
Grandma's serious illness has gone away.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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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.