びょ

noun

  1. illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold), disease, sickness.
  2. bad habit, bad behavior, weakness, failing.

takes genitive case の

Colloquialism.
  1. crazy, insane, disturbed, sick in the head.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
びょ
病気 びょうき
ビョ
病気
病気 ビョーキ
びょ
病氣 びょうき
ビョ
病氣
病氣 ビョーキ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ill, sick
ビョウ やまい や.む (3rd, N4)
trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)
ダク ニャク ソウ
third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign
ひのえ ヘイ (9th, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
inside, within, between
ナイ うち ダイ (2nd, N3)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
spirit, mind, air
キ き ケ (1st, N5)
spirit, steam radical (no. 84)
キ ケ いき (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)