持病

Japanese

Kanji in this term
持	病
じ Grade: 3	びょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じびょー [jìbyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) じびょー [jíꜜbyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑibʲo̞ː]

Noun

持(じ)病(びょう) • (jibyō) ^{←ぢびやう (dibyau)^?}

incurable affliction; chronic condition

Synonyms

宿痾(しゅくあ) (shukua)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“持病”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026