Radicals › #104 疒
疒
疒 — the “sickness” radical
the 疒 frame over illness kanji 12 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 疒 radical (12)
病ill, sick療heal, cure痛pain, hurt症symptoms, illness疲exhausted, tire疾rapidly疫epidemic痴stupid, foolish癒healing, cure癖mannerism, habit痢diarrhea痘pox, smallpox
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.