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10 strokes
Character #300 · The First 1000

bìng

sickness

illness; disease; to fall ill; defect

Strokes
10
Both scripts
病
Poster cell
T11
简 = 繁Same in simplified and traditional
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • bìngrén sick person
  • kànbìng to visit a doctor
  • shēngbìng to fall ill
  • máobìng fault
  • bìngdú virus
  • jíbìng disease
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 病

Write 病 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, bìng, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell T11 · 28 × 36 grid

病 is #300 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 病 mean in English?
病 (bìng) means "sickness": illness; disease; to fall ill; defect.
How do you pronounce 病?
病 is pronounced bìng in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄅㄧㄥˋ.
How many strokes does 病 have?
病 has 10 strokes, in both simplified and traditional Chinese.
Is 病 the same in traditional Chinese?
Yes. 病 is written the same way in simplified and traditional Chinese.
What are common words with 病?
Common words that use 病 include 病人 (bìngrén, sick person), 看病 (kànbìng, to visit a doctor), 生病 (shēngbìng, to fall ill), 毛病 (máobìng, fault).
How common is 病?
病 is number 300 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell T11 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.