IDENTITY
病bìngillness; to be sick
HSK 1Top 500
CORE MEANING
illness; to be sick
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.illnessHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 疒sickness radical (nè)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿸疒丙
- sick bed
- gives the sound bìng
USAGE
Common words
生病shēngbìngto fall ill
医院yīyuànhospital
病人bìngrénpatient
Graded examples
他病了，没来上课。Tā bìng le, méi lái shàngkè.HSK2
He is sick and did not come to class.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A person lying on the sick bed (疒) — illness.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #500
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
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