自閉症

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See also: 自闭症

Chinese

to exclude oneself from others; to isolate oneself from society disease; illness; indication or sign of disease
trad. (自閉症) 自閉
simp. (自闭症) 自闭
Literally: “self-exclusion disease”.
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Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese ()(へい)(しょう) (jiheishō); used in Hong Kong and Taiwan since the 1970s, and in Mainland China since the late 1980s (Yu, 2017). In Mainland China, first attested in 1983.

Pronunciation


Noun

自閉症

  1. (proscribed in Mainland China) autism (neurological disorder)

Usage notes

Proscribed by the China Disabled Persons' Federation, a Government-organized non-governmental organization in Mainland China.[1]

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References

  1. ^ 关于宣传报道中残疾人及残疾人工作有关称谓的通知”, in China Disabled Persons' Federation, 2022:称“孤独症”,不用“自闭症”

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
へい
Grade: 6
しょう
Grade: S
on'yomi
 自閉症 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

自閉 (jihei, social withdrawal) +‎ (-shō, condition)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(へい)(しょう) (jiheishō

  1. autism (neurological disorder)

Descendants

  • Chinese: 自閉症自闭症 (zìbìzhèng)
  • Korean: 자폐증 (自閉症, japyejeung)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

自閉症 (japyejeung) (hangeul 자폐증)

  1. hanja form? of 자폐증 (autism)