病 Kanji – ill
The Japanese kanji 病 can mean ill, sick.
Meaning and Readings
How is 病 read?
病 has the onyomi readings ビョウ, ヘイ and the kunyomi readings やむ, -やみ, やまい.
In romaji, these readings can be written as byou, hei, yamu, yami, yamai.
Common Japanese Words Using 病
These common Japanese words contain 病. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 臆病（おくびょう） — cowardly, timid, easily frightened
- 看病（かんびょう） — nursing (a patient)
- 奇病（きびょう） — strange disease, rare disease
- 急病（きゅうびょう） — sudden illness
- 血友病（けつゆうびょう） — hemophilia, haemophilia
- 持病（じびょう） — chronic disease, chronic illness, old complaint
- 疾病（しっぺい） — illness, disease
- 重病（じゅうびょう） — serious illness
- 性病（せいびょう） — sexually transmitted disease, STD, sexually transmitted infection, STI, venereal disease, VD
- 伝染病（でんせんびょう） — contagious disease, communicable disease, transmissible disease, infectious disease, epidemic