# 患 — patient; be ill

患 means “patient; be ill”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: カン (kan). Kun'yomi: わずら(う) (wazurau). You'll see it in words such as 患う (wazurau, “to be ill; to suffer from”).

- Meaning: patient; be ill
- On'yomi: カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi: わずら(う) (wazurau)
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Body & health 1

## How to remember 患

Parts: 串 skewer · 心 heart

## Words with 患

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 患う | わずらう (wazurau) | to be ill; to suffer from |

## Don't confuse it with

[忠](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/loyalty/) · [悪](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/bad/) · [官](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/official/) · [追](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/chase/)

## More in the “Body & health 1” set

[姿](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/figure/) · [筋](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/muscle/) · [聴](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/listen/) · [患](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/patient/) · [傷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/wound/) · [診](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/examine-a-patient/) · [症](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/symptom/) · [肝](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/liver/) · [剤](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dose/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/patient/. Last updated 2026-11-01.