病

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

病 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大一人月 (KMOB), four-corner 0012₇, composition ⿸疒丙)

Derived characters

• 𤶮, 𤶯, 𤻓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 772, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22127
• Dae Jaweon: page 1182, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2664, character 13
• Unihan data for U+75C5

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		病
alternative forms		疒 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
更	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	*ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
怲	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *braŋs) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 丙 (OC *pqraŋʔ) – illness. Note that 丙 also means “fire”, hence connotations of “lying feverishly in bed”.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 病

1. illness; sickness; disease
2. evil; ills
3. fault; flaw
4. to fall ill; to be sick; to be ill

   我姥姥病了。  ―  Wǒ lǎolao bìng le.  ―  My grandma got sick.

5. to worry; to be anxious

   • 子曰：「君子病無能焉，不病人之不己知也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「君子病无能焉，不病人之不己知也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ bìng wúnéng yān, bù bìng rén zhī bù jǐ zhī yě.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "The superior man is distressed by his lack of ability. He is not distressed by men's not knowing him."

6. to criticize; to denounce

   詬病／诟病  ―  gòubìng  ―  to criticize

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 生病 (“to fall ill; to be ill”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生病, 得病, 患, 患病, 害病, 染病, 發病, 病倒, 帶病, 抱病, 抱恙, 罹病, 罹患
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	病, 得病, 鬧病, 不舒服
	Taiwan	病, 生病, 不舒服
	Ulanhot	病
	Tongliao	病
	Chifeng	病
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	病
	Harbin	病, 作病
	Malaysia	生病
	Singapore	生病
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	長病, 病, 不好, 不熨貼, 不舒坦, 不得勁兒, 鬧症候
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	得病, 病病兒, 不濟, 不熨貼
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	害病, 生病, 病, 有病兒, 不好, 不老兒好, 不美氣
	Wanrong	犯病, 難過
	Zhengzhou	病, 不得勁
	Xi'an	害病, 得病, 病, 不受活 of an adult, 不乖 of a child
	Xining	病下, 得病, 不爽快
	Xuzhou	得病, 害病, 病, 不舒坦, 不舒服, 不如適, 出故事 of a child, 出症兒 of a child, 出症 of a child
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	得病, 病下, 不行下, 不受活, 不乖 of a child
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	得病, 害病, 不受活, 不乖 of a child
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	害病, 有病, 得病, 不好, 不清乾 Hui
	Bayanhot	害病, 病
	Lanzhou	病下, 不舒坦, 不爽快, 不輕身 of an adult, 不乖 of a child, 變狗 of a child
	Ürümqi	病下, 害病, 不舒服
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	害病, 得病, 病, 不好, 不安逸
	Wuhan	害病, 病, 有病, 不好, 不舒服, 不乖 of a child, 做狗狗 of a child
	Guiyang	痛病, 痛, 生病, 不好在, 不安逸, 逗狗 of a child
	Kunming	不好
	Guilin	病
	Liuzhou	病, 做狗崽 of a child, 做狗 of a child
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	生病, 害病, 不爽快, 不爽, 不舒服
	Yangzhou	害病, 不好過
	Nantong	不好過
	Hefei	害病, 病, 不伸坦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	病, 唔舒服, 唔精神, 唔自然
	Hong Kong	病, 唔舒服, 唔精神 dated, 唔自然 dated
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	病
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	病
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	有病
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	有病
	Macau	病
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	病
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	唔精神
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	病
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	病, 唔精神
	Foshan	病
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	病
	Foshan (Shunde)	唔精神
	Foshan (Sanshui)	唔精神
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	病
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	病
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	病
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	病
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	病, 唔精神
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	病
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	病
	Taishan	病
	Kaiping (Chikan)	病, 唔精神
	Enping (Niujiang)	病, 唔舒服
	Heshan (Yayao)	病
	Dongguan	病, 唔精神
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	唔養得
	Yangjiang	病, 得病, 無自由
	Nanning	生病, 病
	Wuzhou	生病
	Yulin	生病
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	發病
	Danzhou	有病
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	病
	Singapore (Guangfu)	病
Gan	Nanchang	生病, 病, 不好過, 不舒服
	Lichuan	病
	Pingxiang	病, 不熨貼
Hakka	Meixian	發病, 起病, 唔自然, 唔舒服, 犯病
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	有病
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	唔做得
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	唔做得
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	病
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	病
	Yudu	病
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	發病仔, 發病, 破病, 著病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔自然
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	發病, 破病, 著病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔自然
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	發病, 著病, 破病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔自然
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	破病, 著病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔快活, 唔自然
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	發病仔, 發病, 破病, 著病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔自然
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	破病, 著病, 無快活, 無堵好
	Hong Kong	病
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	生病
	Senai (Huiyang)	病
Huizhou	Jixi	害病, 起病
Jin	Taiyuan	病, 害病, 鬧病, 難活
	Xinzhou	難過
	Taibus (Baochang)	病
	Linhe	病
	Jining	病
	Hohhot	難過
	Baotou	病
	Dongsheng	病
	Haibowan	難活
Northern Min	Jian'ou	病, 凊著, 伓鬆爽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	破病, 病去, 𣍐爽快, 做犬 of a child
Southern Min	Xiamen	破病, 著病, 致病, 無爽, 無好勢, 艱苦
	Quanzhou	破病, 著病, 致病, 艱苦
	Jinjiang	破病
	Yongchun	破病
	Zhangzhou	破病, 著病, 致病, 毋愛, 𣍐乖 of a child
	Taipei	破病
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	破病
	Kaohsiung	破病, 艱苦
	Yilan	破病, 艱苦
	Changhua (Lukang)	破病
	Taichung	破病, 艱苦
	Taichung (Wuqi)	破病
	Tainan	破病, 艱苦
	Taitung	破病
	Hsinchu	破病
	Kinmen	破病
	Penghu (Magong)	破病
	Penang (Hokkien)	破病
	Singapore (Hokkien)	破病
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋好, 破病
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	病
	Chaozhou	生病, 唔好, 無若好
	Shantou	破相, 儂孬
	Shantou (Chenghai)	破相, 儂孬
	Jieyang	著病, 破病, 生毛
	Bangkok (Teochew)	唔寬活, 儂孬
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	破病
	Singapore (Teochew)	破病
	Leizhou	惡抵
	Wenchang	惡耐, 生病
	Haikou	病, 病痛, 惡抵, 惡耐
	Qionghai	病, 惡耐
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	唔精神
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	病
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	病
Wu	Shanghai	生病, 生毛病, 有毛病, 勿適意, 勿舒服
	Shanghai (Chongming)	無得力氣
	Suzhou	生病, 生毛病, 勿適意, 勿鬆 suburbs
	Wuxi	生病
	Danyang	生病, 害病, 弗好過, 無本事
	Hangzhou	生毛病, 不舒服
	Wenzhou	生病, 病, 否好過
	Jinhua	生病, 弗好過
Xiang	Changsha	得病, 病, 不好過
	Loudi	病
	Shuangfeng	病, 不好過
	Quanzhou	生病

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

病

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. have a disease; disease
2. being stiff and not able to move
3. difficult
4. suffer
5. make one suffer

Readings

• Go-on: びょう (byō, Jōyō)^{←びやう (byau, historical)}
• Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: やむ (yamu, 病む, Jōyō); やまい (yamai, 病, Jōyō)^{←やまひ (yamafi, 病, historical)}; うれい (urei, 病)^{←うれひ (urefi, 病, historical)}

Compounds

• 病臥
• 病床
• 病状
• 病没
• 病魔
• 介病(かいびょう) (kaibyō): nursing a patient
• 病人(びょうにん) (byōnin): sick person; patient; invalid
• 病原, 病源
• 病気(びょうき) (byōki): illness
• 疾病(しっぺい) (shippei)
• 病院(びょういん) (byōin): hospital

 

References

Kanji in this term
病
やまい Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun

病(やまい) • (yamai) ^{←やまひ (yamafi)?}

1. disease, illness

   彼(かれ)は病(やまい)を患(わずら)った。

   Kare wa yamai o wazuratta.

   He is affected with disease.

2. a bad habit

   彼(かれ)は人(ひと)の物(もの)をとる病(やまい)がある。

   Kare wa hito no mono o toru yamai ga aru.

   He is light-fingered.

Suffix

病(びょう) • (-byō) 

1. disease, illness

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Korean

Hanja

病 • (byeong) (hangeul 병)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 病 (bệnh, bạnh, nạch, bịnh)

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