病
illness
- 疒sickbed
- 丙stove
- kun
- やまいyamaiや.むya.mu
- on
- ビョウbyō
mnemonic
A SICKBED (疒), a person lying down, with a STOVE (丙) inside: burning with fever. ILLNESS. "Byō" (ビョウ) as in byōki, illness, and byōin, hospital.
examples
- 病気びょうきbyōkiillness
- 病院びょういんbyōinhospital
- 病人びょうにんbyōninsick person