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JLPT N4 · Body & health

病院

びょういん

hospital

Stroke order of 病院

2 characters, 20 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

病 · 10 strokes院 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

A complete (完) building on a mound (阝) for the sick (病) is a hospital.

Parts: 病 sick + 院 institution (阝 mound + 完 complete)

Example sentence

熱があるので病院へ行きます。

ねつがあるのでびょういんへいきます。

I have a fever, so I am going to the hospital.

Words with 病

Words with 院

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