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Translingual
Han character
症 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒 +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大一卜一 (KMYM ), four-corner 00111 , composition ⿸疒 正 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: not present , would follow page 772 , character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22140
Dae Jaweon: page 1183, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2664, character 5
Unihan data for U+75C7
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
綻
*rdeːns
淀
*deːns
靛
*deːns
症
*tjɯŋs
竀
*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征
*tjeŋ
怔
*tjeŋ
正
*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦
*tjeŋ
鴊
*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐
*tjeŋ
佂
*tjeŋ
整
*tjeŋʔ
政
*tjeŋs
証
*tjeŋs
定
*teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁
*teːŋs
錠
*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟
*deːŋs
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *tjɯŋs ): semantic 疒 ( “ disease ” ) + phonetic 正 ( OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs ) .
Etymology 1
Alternative form of 證 / 证 ( zhèng ) .
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
症
Reading #
1/1
No.
17166
Phonetic component
正
Rime group
蒸
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
證
Old Chinese
/*tjɯŋs/
Notes
證 晚 起 分 化 字
Definitions
症
indication or sign of disease ; ( in general ) disease ; illness
炎症 ― yánzhèng ― inflammation
抑鬱症 / 抑郁症 ― yìyùzhèng ― depression
不治之症 ― bùzhìzhīzhèng ― incurable disease
( Cantonese ) case ; patient (Classifier : 個 / 个 c )
一 個 鐘 睇 三 四 個 症 一 个 钟 睇 三 四 个 症 jat1 go3 zung1 tai2 saam1 sei3 go3 zing3 to see three or four patients in an hour
Synonyms
患 ( huàn ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 病 ( bìng ) 疾 ( jí ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 病患 ( bìnghuàn ) 疾症 疾病 ( jíbìng ) 病疾 ( bìngjí ) ( literary ) 病症 ( bìngzhèng ) 病疼 ( Hokkien ) 病痛 ( bìngtòng ) 症頭 / 症头 ( Hakka, Hokkien ) 病魔 ( bìngmó ) ( figurative )
Compounds
Etymology 2
References
“症 ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database) , 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong ), 2014–
李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019 ) “症 ”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press , →ISBN , page 262 .
Japanese
Kanji
症
(Jōyō kanji )
Readings
Compounds
Suffix
症( しょう ) • (-shō )
( medicine ) attached to the names of conditions
See also
Korean
Hanja
症 • (jeung ) (hangeul 증 , revised jeung, McCune–Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)
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Vietnamese
Han character
症 : Hán Nôm readings: chứng
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