Kanji N2

患: afflicted, disease, suffer from

患 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning afflicted, disease, suffer from, written with 11 strokes. It is read カン (on) and わずらう (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 患者 (かんじゃ, patient) and 疾患 (しっかん, disease).

患

Meanings

  • afflicted
  • disease
  • suffer from
  • be ill
Strokes11
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#796 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • わずらう

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 患

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  • 患者かんじゃ

    patient

    JLPT N3
  • 疾患しっかん

    disease; illness; disorder; condition; ailment

  • 患部かんぶ

    affected part; diseased part; wound

  • 患うわずらう

    to be ill; to suffer from

  • 急患きゅうかん

    emergency case

  • 病患びょうかん

    sickness; disease

  • 罹患りかん

    contraction of a disease

  • 内憂外患ないゆうがいかん

    troubles both at home and abroad

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