bìng

illness

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
疒 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sick

丙 sound component

  Sound component

bǐng

  

third

Evolution

病 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
病 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
病 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bìng

illness, sickness, disease; illness; CL:|[cháng]; disease; to fall ill; defect

Most common words with 病
Freq.
Word
Meaning

illness

病人

sick person

疾病

disease

病毒

virus

生病

to fall ill