Sickness Radical (疒) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
疒 is the sickness radical. It appears in 9 of the most common Chinese characters — these 9 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 疒 mean?
Sickness radical · 疒 chuáng · 5 strokes · sickness
As a radical it is called 病字旁 (bìng zì páng).
It usually appears as a frame from the upper left. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 疒
9 common characters with 疒
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 病 | bìng | illness, ailment | 丙 supplies the sound |
| 痛 | tòng | bitterly; severely, thoroughly | 甬 supplies the sound |
| 疗 | liáo | to treat; to cure; therapy | To clear 了 an illness 疒; 了 also provides the pronunciation |
| 疾 | jí | (bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate… | 矢 supplies the sound |
| 症 | zhèng | disease; illness | 正 supplies the sound |
| 疼 | téng | ache, have a pain, hurt; love dearly | 冬 supplies the sound |
| 瘦 | shòu | thin, bony; (of clothes) tight; (of meat) lean | 叟 supplies the sound |
| 疲 | pí | weary | 皮 supplies the sound |
| 痕 | hén | scar; traces | 艮 supplies the sound |
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