What is the Kanji for "Ill" and "Afflicted"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Ill" and "Afflicted", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Ill" and "Afflicted" is "患".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Wazura".

Its onyomi reading is "Kan".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "心" means "Heart" and can be read as "Shin" and "Kokoro". And The kanji "串" means "Spit" and "Skewer" and can be read as "Kushi".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "患" mean in japanese?

"患" means "Ill" and "Afflicted".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

患者: "Patient". The Japanese noun '患者 (かんじゃ)' means 'patient'. This term refers to a person who receives medical care or treatment, especially in a hospital or clinic. It can be used to describe someone who is being treated for an illness, injury, or other medical condition. For example: The patient was taken to the emergency room - (患者は救急室に搬送された). The doctor examined the patient - (医師が患者を診察した).

疾患: "Disease". The noun '疾患 (しっかん)' means 'disease'. This word refers to a health condition or disorder that disrupts the normal functioning of the body or mind. It can be used to describe a wide range of physical or mental illnesses. For example: He has a serious disease - (彼は重症の疾患を患っている). I need to see a doctor about my medical condition - (私は自分の疾患について医者に相談する必要がある).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "わ" is read as "wa". The hiragana "ず" is read as "zu". And The hiragana "ら" is read as "ra".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.