Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 病

病

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Meaning

 sick, illness

Pronunciation

 BYŌ, HEI
yamu, yamai

Explanation

 Outside: sickness, disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), below: No.3, third 丙 (One 一 outside and two λ inside 内 makes 3)

Mnemonic

A disease where every third person gets sick.

Radicals

疒 illness, disease
丙 third, 3rd, number 3(Understand λ as two lines: One 一 outside, two λ inside 内 makes 3.)
内 inside
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Vocabulary

病む やむ to fall ill, to be ill
病気 びょうき illness, disease, sickness
病院 びょういん hospital
糖尿病 とうにょうびょう diabetes mellitus
仮病 けびょう feigned illness
胃病 いびょう stomach trouble
発病 はつびょう attack (disease)
看病 かんびょう nursing (a patient)
臆病 おくびょう cowardice/timidity

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