漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
症: symptoms, illness
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
疒 carries the meaning · 正 gives the sound
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 症しょうillness; condition; -pathy
- 症状しょうじょう
- 重症じゅうしょうserious illness
- 症例しょうれいcase
- 炎症えんしょうinflammation; irritation
- 発症はっしょうoutbreak of an illness; onset of a condition
- 後遺症こういしょうprognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
- 症候群しょうこうぐんsyndrome
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
正
Also built on correct (正)
症 takes the 正 family's reading, ショウ (shou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side症 symptoms · 疒
vs柾 straight grain · 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhèng
Same form: 症 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 症 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 症 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhèng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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