病びょう

びょ

う

Meanings

Suffix attached to nouns to name specific diseases or medical conditions. Common in medical terminology and everyday disease names.

症しょうN1
病 is a standalone noun meaning 'illness' or 'disease', while 症 is a bound suffix attached to a term to name a specific condition (e.g. 花粉症).

秒びょうN3
秒 (びょう) means 'second' as a unit of time, while 病 (びょう) means 'illness'; they are pronounced identically so context is needed to tell them apart.

病びょう院いんN5
hospital; clinic; doctor's office
病びょう気きN5
illness; disease; sickness · bad habit; weakness; failing · crazy; insane; sick in the head
うつ病びょうN1
depression (medical condition)
病びょう棟とう
hospital ward
精せい神しん病びょう
mental illness; psychosis

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臆おく病びょうN2
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
病びょう人にんN1
sick person; patient; invalid
病びょう原げん
cause of a disease; pathogen; etiology
白はっ血けつ病びょう
leukemia
難なん病びょう
intractable disease; serious illness
病びょう状じょうN1
patient's condition; state of a disease; pathology
性せい病びょう
sexually transmitted disease; STD; venereal disease
病びょう的てき
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; abnormal
持じ病びょうN1
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint · bad habit; intractable habit
看かん病びょうN2
nursing; caring for a sick person
病びょう理り
pathology
疫えき病びょう
epidemic; plague; pestilence
病びょう室しつN1
hospital room; sickroom; ward
闘とう病びょう
fighting an illness; struggling with a disease
病びょう名めい
name of a disease; disease name
病びょう床しょう
sickbed; hospital bed
病びょう変へん
lesion; pathological change
病びょう死しN1
death from illness; dying of disease
病びょう弱じゃくN1
weak constitution; sickly; feeble
病びょう態たい
condition of a patient; state of a disease · pathological state; pathology
発はつ病びょうN1
onset of illness; falling ill
狂きょう犬けん病びょう
rabies
水みな俣また病びょう
Minamata disease
傷しょう病びょう
injuries and sickness; wounds and illness
仮け病びょう
feigned illness; pretending to be sick

The kanji 病 has been used historically to denote illness. As a suffix, it derives from its use in compound words to specify types of diseases.

びょ

う

Suffix attached to nouns to name specific diseases or medical conditions. Common in medical terminology and everyday disease names.

症しょうN1
病 is a standalone noun meaning 'illness' or 'disease', while 症 is a bound suffix attached to a term to name a specific condition (e.g. 花粉症).

秒びょうN3
秒 (びょう) means 'second' as a unit of time, while 病 (びょう) means 'illness'; they are pronounced identically so context is needed to tell them apart.

病びょう院いんN5
hospital; clinic; doctor's office
病びょう気きN5
illness; disease; sickness · bad habit; weakness; failing · crazy; insane; sick in the head
うつ病びょうN1
depression (medical condition)
病びょう棟とう
hospital ward
精せい神しん病びょう
mental illness; psychosis

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臆おく病びょうN2
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
病びょう人にんN1
sick person; patient; invalid
病びょう原げん
cause of a disease; pathogen; etiology
白はっ血けつ病びょう
leukemia
難なん病びょう
intractable disease; serious illness
病びょう状じょうN1
patient's condition; state of a disease; pathology
性せい病びょう
sexually transmitted disease; STD; venereal disease
病びょう的てき
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; abnormal
持じ病びょうN1
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint · bad habit; intractable habit
看かん病びょうN2
nursing; caring for a sick person
病びょう理り
pathology
疫えき病びょう
epidemic; plague; pestilence
病びょう室しつN1
hospital room; sickroom; ward
闘とう病びょう
fighting an illness; struggling with a disease
病びょう名めい
name of a disease; disease name
病びょう床しょう
sickbed; hospital bed
病びょう変へん
lesion; pathological change
病びょう死しN1
death from illness; dying of disease
病びょう弱じゃくN1
weak constitution; sickly; feeble
病びょう態たい
condition of a patient; state of a disease · pathological state; pathology
発はつ病びょうN1
onset of illness; falling ill
狂きょう犬けん病びょう
rabies
水みな俣また病びょう
Minamata disease
傷しょう病びょう
injuries and sickness; wounds and illness
仮け病びょう
feigned illness; pretending to be sick

The kanji 病 has been used historically to denote illness. As a suffix, it derives from its use in compound words to specify types of diseases.