10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N4

ill, sick

Kun'yomi
  • to fall ill ②to suffer from (e.g. a disease)
  • -や
  • illness ②bad habit
On'yomi
  • ビョウ
    disease
  • ヘイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ビョウ 80.3%
やまい 16.1%
-や 3.4%
ヘイ 0.2%

Character Breakdown

ill, sick
ビョウ やまい や.む (3rd, N4)
trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)
ダク ニャク ソウ
third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign
ひのえ ヘイ (9th, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
inside, within, between
ナイ うち ダイ (2nd, N3)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold) ②bad habit ③crazy
illness ②bad habit
nursing (a patient)
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious
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References

Unicode hex code 75C5
JIS X 0208 1-41-34
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3042
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3798
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3277
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4062
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2059
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2791
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1682
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1813
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 441
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1250
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 145
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 22127
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 381
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 380
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 381
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 310
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 224
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 404
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 365
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 229
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 2.6
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1352
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1698
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5i5.3
Four corner code 0012.7
De Roo Code 553