病
ill, sick
Readings
On'yomi
- ビョウ
- ヘイ
Kun'yomi
- や.む
- -や.み
- やまい
Meaning
病 centers on a state of physical or mental unwellness: being ill or sick.
Most common words using 病
24 of 575- 病院びょういんN5
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
- 病気びょうきN5
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness
- 病やまいN1
illness; disease
- 病むやむN2
to fall ill
- うつ病うつびょうN1
depression
- 病棟びょうとう
(hospital) ward
- 臆病おくびょうN2
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
- 疾病しっぺい
illness; disease
- 病人びょうにんN1
sick person; patient; invalid
- 白血病はっけつびょう
leukemia; leukaemia
- 難病なんびょう
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
- 病状びょうじょうN1
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
- 性病せいびょう
sexually transmitted disease; STD; sexually transmitted infection; STI; venereal disease; VD
- 持病じびょうN1
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint
- 看病かんびょうN2
nursing (a patient)
- 病理びょうり
pathology
- 疫病えきびょう
epidemic; plague; pestilence
- 病室びょうしつN1
sickroom; hospital room; ward
- 闘病とうびょう
fighting against an illness
- 病名びょうめい
name of a disease
- 病床びょうしょう
sickbed; (hospital) bed
- 病死びょうしN1
death from disease; death from illness
- 病弱びょうじゃくN1
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
- 発病はつびょうN1
onset of an illness; falling ill
Study
Etymology
病 combines the sickness radical 疒 with 丙, which likely contributes a phonetic element. The character has long been associated with illness.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 丙, like a person confined to bed with an illness.
Reading mnemonic
For ビョウ, imagine a sick person lying in bed, and the doctor says 'Be well' — 'Be well' sounds like ビョウ, and you wish them recovery from illness.