ill, sick
病 centers on a state of physical or mental unwellness: being ill or sick.
病 combines the sickness radical 疒 with 丙, which likely contributes a phonetic element. The character has long been associated with illness.
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 丙, like a person confined to bed with an illness.
For ビョウ, imagine a sick person lying in bed, and the doctor says 'Be well' — 'Be well' sounds like ビョウ, and you wish them recovery from illness.
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness
illness; disease
to fall ill
depression
(hospital) ward
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
illness; disease
sick person; patient; invalid
leukemia; leukaemia
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
sexually transmitted disease; STD; sexually transmitted infection; STI; venereal disease; VD
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint
nursing (a patient)
pathology
epidemic; plague; pestilence
sickroom; hospital room; ward
fighting against an illness
name of a disease
sickbed; (hospital) bed
death from disease; death from illness
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
onset of an illness; falling ill
Minamata disease
coward; wimp
serious illness
sudden illness
serious illness; dangerous disease
strange disease; rare disease
fever; febrile disease
disease common in middle-aged and elderly people; lifestyle disease
hemophilia; haemophilia
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
the same sickness
childhood diseases
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
pain of sickness
skin disease
diabetes; diabetes mellitus