患
afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill
Readings
On'yomi
- カン
Kun'yomi
- わずら.う
Nanori
- くろ
Meaning
患 centers on being burdened by something harmful: afflicted by disease, suffering from illness, or being in a state of ill health.
Most common words using 患
20 of 98- 患者かんじゃN3
patient
- 疾患しっかん
disease; illness; disorder; condition; ailment
- 患うわずらうN1
to be ill; to suffer from
- 罹患りかん
contraction of a disease
- 患部かんぶN1
affected part; diseased part; wound
- 急患きゅうかん
emergency case
- 外患がいかん
external pressure; foreign threat
- 病患びょうかん
sickness; disease
- 内憂外患ないゆうがいかん
troubles both at home and abroad
- 入院患者にゅういんかんじゃN3
in-patient
- てんかん患者てんかんかんじゃ
(an) epileptic; person with epilepsy
- らい患者らいがんしゃ
leper; leprosy sufferer
- アレルギー性疾患アレルギーせいしっかん
allergic disease
- ウイルス性疾患ウイルスせいしっかん
viral disease
- ハンセン病患者ハンセンびょうかんじゃ
leper
- ヒト疾患モデルヒトしっかんモデル
human disease model (e.g. using experimental animals)
- ヒト疾患モデルマウスヒトしっかんモデルマウス
mouse model for human disease
- ペイ患ペイかん
drug addict
- 偏執症患者へんしつしょうかんじゃ
paranoid (person)
- 先天性心疾患せんてんせいしんしっかん
congenital heart disease
Study
Etymology
患 combines 串 (a skewer or something piercing) with 心 (heart), suggesting a heart pierced by worry or illness. The modern form preserves this idea of affliction.
Meaning mnemonic
The top part 串 looks like a skewer piercing through something, and the bottom is 心 (heart). Imagine a heart being pierced by a skewer of sickness, causing suffering and disease.
Reading mnemonic
For カン, picture a can of medicine that you desperately need when afflicted by illness: can -> カン, and the medicine soothes the pierced heart.