患 – afflicted, disease, suffer from

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#796 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 患 means afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わずら.う (wazurau). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	わずら.う	wazurau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: ｜・口・心.

Words using 患

患者かんじゃpatient

Example sentences

私はあなたの第一号の患者になるわ。

I'll be your first patient.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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