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CHINESE CHARACTER

bìng

病

病

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disease

Numbered pinyin
bing4
English meanings
disease

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the upper left structure

Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 疒; inside 丙.

  • Outside

    疒
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    • First part

      广
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    • Second part

      冫
  • Inside

    丙
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    • Top

      一
    • Bottom

      内
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Meaning & sound clues

疒 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “sickness”.

丙 is identified as the sound component (bǐng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 病.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿸疒丙

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他shēngbìng生病le了,méi没lái来shàngkè上课。

    He is sick and didn't come to class.

  2. 02

    zhè这zhǒng种bìng病bùnán不难zhì治。

    This disease isn't hard to cure.

  3. 03

    tā她bìng病le了hǎo好jǐ几tiān天。

    She has been sick for several days.

  4. 04

    áoyè熬夜hěn很róngyì容易shēngbìng生病。

    Staying up late makes you prone to getting sick.

  5. 05

    duō多yùndong运动néng能shǎo少shēngbìng生病。

    Exercising more can help you get sick less.

  6. 06

    tā他de的bìng病yǐjīng已经hǎo好le了。

    His illness has already recovered.

Explore words connected to this character.

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  • 病情
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  • 病毒
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