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illness, disease 疒
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病
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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sick, illness
yamu, yamai, BYŌ, HEI Outside: sickness, disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), below: No.3, third 丙 (One 一 outside and two λ inside 内 makes 3)
A disease where every third person gets sick.
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疒
丙
内
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痛
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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pain, ache, hurt
itai/mu/meru, TSŪ Top: sick 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: 甬 = bent person マ, use 用 (image of a fence)
The disease, when somebody is hanging bent over a fence causes pain.
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疒
マ
用
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疫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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epidemic, plague
EKI, YAKU Left: disease (An ice-冫cold building 广 makes sick), below: weapon 几 (battle axe) in a hand 又
A disease hitting like a weapon in a hand is an epidemic.
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疒
殳
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疾
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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illness, speed, quick, swift
SHITSU Outside: illness 疒(An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes you sick.), below: arrow 矢 (an arrow ノ in the sky 天)
Illnesses caused by arrows are illnesses that come quickly.
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疒
矢
天
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症
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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symptom (of an illness)
SHŌ Outside: illness/disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: correct 正 (at the line 一 to stop 止 is correct)
A disease is correctly (determined) by the symptoms.
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疒
正
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痴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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foolish, stupid, silly
CHI Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: know 知 (The arrow 矢 hits the target 口, if it knows it.)
The disease in respect to "knowing" is to be stupid.
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疒
矢
口
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痘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pox, smallpox
TŌ Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: bean 豆 (one 一, pot 口 on a stand)
The disease that looks like beans is (small)pox.
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疒
豆
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疲
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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exhausted, tired, weary
tsukareru, HI Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)
A disease that shows at the skin is exhaustion and tiredness.
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疒
皮
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癖
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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habit, mannerism, peculiarity, trait
kuse, HEKI Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), rest: anal penetration/torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口 with needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
Like a disease is anal penetration, when it becomes a habit.
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疒
辟
辛
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癒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cure, heal
iyasu, YU Left: illness 疒 (An ice 冫cold building 广 makes sick.), below: (Chinese only) transport 俞 (Cut something off the body 月/肉 with the knife 刂, put a lid  on and ready for the transport.), heart 心
By the ambulance (= The sick person's transport) the heart was cured.
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疒
俞
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痢
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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diarrhea
RI Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: profit 利 (... when rice plant 禾 are cut with a knife刂)
A disease that brings profit (to the doctor) is diarrhea.
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疒
利
禾
刂
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療
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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cure, heal
RYŌ Outside: disease 疒, below: 尞 (big 大, out of 丷 [here fat legs], day 日, small 小)
When the disease of someone with fat legs is changed within one day into small [legs], that is: curing.
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疒
尞
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痕
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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traces, mark, vestige
ato, KON Outside: illness/disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
The disease did not go well: You can still see its traces.
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疒
艮
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嫉
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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be jealous, envy
SHITSU Left: woman 女, right: illness, quick 疾 (The disease 疒 caused by an arrow 矢 is a quick illness.)
The woman has a disease, as if caused by an arrow: jealousy.
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女
疒
矢
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痩
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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get thin, get lean
yaseru, SŌ Outside: illness/disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: speak/talk 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when talking.), hand 又
Of a disease we speak when even the hand gets thin.
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疒
申
又
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瘍
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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a swelling, carbuncle, boil (med.)
YŌ Left/top: illness 疒, below: var.of simple 易 (with sunrise 旦 instead of sun 日)
A disease that is rather simple is a swelling or carbuncle.
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疒
易
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