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病 — illness; disease; to fall ill

illness; disease; to fall ill; defect

Pinyin
bìng
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 病: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

病 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 病 in the HSK syllabus: 18

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill; defectHSK 1
  2. 看病kànbìngto visit a doctor; to see a patientHSK 1
  3. 生病shēngbìngto fall illHSK 1
  4. 病人bìngrénsick person; patient; invalidHSK 3
  5. 病房bìngfángward; sickroomHSK 5
  6. 病情bìngqíngstate of an illness; patient's conditionHSK 5
  7. 疾病jíbìngdisease; sickness; ailmentHSK 5
  8. 毛病máobìngfault; defect; shortcomings; ailmentHSK 5
  9. 病毒bìngdúvirusHSK 6
  10. 传染病chuánrǎnbìnginfectious disease; contagious disease; communicable diseaseHSK 6
  11. 发病fābìngto occur; to get sick; to fall ill; onsetHSK 6
  12. 艾滋病àizībìngAIDSHSK 7–9
  13. 弊病bìbìngmalady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantageHSK 7–9
  14. 病历bìnglìmedical record; case historyHSK 7–9
  15. 病症bìngzhèngdisease; illnessHSK 7–9
  16. 精神病jīngshénbìngmental disorder; psychosisHSK 7–9
  17. 糖尿病tángniàobìngdiabetes; diabetes mellitusHSK 7–9
  18. 心病xīnbìnganxiety; sore point; secret worry; mental disorderHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.