[病] Handwritten Kanji for illness and its Readings, Radical and Usage

Today’s Kanji is “病” (yamai); Kanji for “illness”.

 

Handwritten Kanji “病” (yamai)

 

Readings, Radical and Meaning of “病”

漢字 Kanji	読み Readings	ローマ字 Romaji	画数 Stroke Count	部首 Radical	意味 Meaning
病	ビョウ ヘイ や-む やまい	byou hei ya-mu yamai	10	疒	illness

Readings contain “音読み(on-yomi)” and “訓読み(kun-yomi)“. On-yomi is written in “カタカナ(katakana)” and Kun-yomi is written in “ひらがな(hiragana)“. (⇒ What is On-yomi and Kun-yomi?)

 

Jukugo (Kanji Compound Words) / Usage of “病”

Jukugo / Usage	Yomi	Romaji	Meaning
病院	びょういん	Byōin	Hospital
看病する	かんびょうする	Kanbyō suru	Nursing
心を病む	こころをやむ	Kokoro wo yamu	Have a mental disorder