sickness, disease

is composed of 疒 and (third of the ten Heavenly Stems), 疒 depicts a sick man lying on a bed, while is the picture of a stove, when a man is sick, he usually has fever.

Vocabulary of 病

  • 病毒 (virus)
  • 病人 (patient)
  • 病房 (ward of a hospital)

Classification

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