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病

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 342 / 2,608

Sick

On’yomi
びょう、へい
Kun’yomi
や、やまい
Radical
疒 Sickness (Kangxi 104)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 光 (Light), less common than 格 (Status).

A sick (疒) person lies down while dynamite (丙) sits at their bedside — being ill feels like having an explosion inside your body.

In words

病院 びょういん hospitalN5
病気 びょうき illnessN5
病 やまい illness;diseaseN1

病 is rank 342 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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