症

See also: 癥

症 U+75C7, 症 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75C7 ← 痆 [U+75C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 痈 → [U+75C8]

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (正) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjɯŋs) : semantic 疒 (“disease”) + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		症
alternative forms		癥

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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhèng (zheng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zen⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zing³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zen¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳn
• Eastern Min (BUC): céng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴
    • Yale: jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenq
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zen⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing³
    • Yale: jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sen³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: céng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ²¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯŋs/

Definitions

症

1. 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

2. (Cantonese) case; patient (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   一個鐘睇三四個症 [Cantonese, trad.]
   一个钟睇三四个症 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ go³ zung¹ tai² saam¹ sei³ go³ zing³ [Jyutping]

   to see three or four patients in an hour

Synonyms

• (disease):

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• hak+nan-hbl:症頭 / hak+nan-hbl:症头
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 病 (bìng)
• 疾 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 病患 (bìnghuàn)
• 疾病 (jíbìng)
• 病症 (bìngzhèng)
• 病疾 (bìngjí) (literary)
• 疾症
• 病痛 (bìngtòng)
• 病魔 (bìngmó) (figurative)

Compounds

• 不孕症 (bùyùnzhèng)
• 不治之症 (bùzhìzhīzhèng)
• 不足之症
• 中懣之症 / 中懑之症
• 乾眼症 / 干眼症 (gānyǎnzhèng)
• 侏儒症 (zhūrúzhèng)
• 併發症 / 并发症 (bìngfāzhèng)
• 偏執症 / 偏执症
• 健忘症 (jiànwàngzhèng)
• 光敏症
• 克來汀症 / 克来汀症
• 冷感症
• 厭食症 / 厌食症 (yànshízhèng)
• 合併症 / 合并症 (hébìngzhèng)
• 合指症
• 呆小症
• 唐氏症 (Tángshìzhèng)
• 嗝症
• 嗜睡症 (shìshuìzhèng)
• 嚥氣症 / 咽气症
• 塵肺症 / 尘肺症
• 多指症
• 夜尿症 (yèniàozhèng)
• 夜盲症 (yèmángzhèng)
• 夜驚症 / 夜惊症
• 夢行症 / 梦行症
• 夢遊症 / 梦游症 (mèngyóuzhèng)
• 大症
• 失憶症 / 失忆症 (shīyìzhèng)
• 失語症 / 失语症 (shīyǔzhèng)
• 妄想症 (wàngxiǎngzhèng)
• 寒症
• 實症 / 实症 (shízhèng)
• 對症 / 对症 (duìzhèng)
• 對症下藥 / 对症下药 (duìzhèngxiàyào)
• 小兒麻痺症 / 小儿麻痹症 (xiǎo'érmábìzhèng)
• 尿毒症 (niàodúzhèng)
• 崩症
• 川崎症
• 巨人症 (jùrénzhèng)
• 巨脾症
• 平足症 (píngzúzhèng)
• 後遺症 / 后遗症 (hòuyízhèng)
• 怯症
• 急症 (jízhèng)
• 恐慌症 (kǒnghuāngzhèng)
• 恐懼症 / 恐惧症 (kǒngjùzhèng)
• 恐變症 / 恐变症
• 感染症
• 憂鬱症 / 忧郁症 (yōuyùzhèng)
• 懼高症 / 惧高症
• 敗血症 / 败血症 (bàixuèzhèng)
• 時症 / 时症
• 死症
• 氮血症
• 水俁症 / 水俣症
• 流涎症
• 流行症
• 消渴症 (xiāokězhèng)
• 火症
• 炎症 (yánzhèng)
• 無尿症 / 无尿症
• 熱症 / 热症
• 狹心症 / 狭心症 (xiáxīnzhèng)
• 疑難雜症 / 疑难杂症 (yínán zázhèng)
• 症候 (zhènghòu)
• 症候群 (zhènghòuqún)
• 症狀 / 症状 (zhèngzhuàng)
• 病症 (bìngzhèng)
• 痴呆症
• 痰症
• 癌症 (áizhèng)
• 癇症 / 痫症
• 白化症
• 石棉症
• 矽肺症
• 磨耗症
• 禿髮症 / 秃发症
• 空調症 / 空调症
• 絕症 / 绝症 (juézhèng)
• 缺氧症
• 聾啞症 / 聋哑症
• 肝硬化症
• 肺塵矽症 / 肺尘矽症
• 肥胖症 (féipàngzhèng)
• 腕隧道症
• 自閉症 / 自闭症 (zìbìzhèng)
• 舊症 / 旧症
• 舞蹈症 (wǔdǎozhèng)
• 菌血症
• 蒙古症 (měnggǔzhèng)
• 虛症 / 虚症
• 蛔蟲症 / 蛔虫症
• 蠶豆症 / 蚕豆症 (cándòuzhèng)
• 躁鬱症 / 躁郁症 (zàoyùzhèng)
• 遺忘症 / 遗忘症
• 酮體症 / 酮体症
• 險症 / 险症
• 隱睪症 / 隐睾症 (yǐngāozhèng)
• 雜症 / 杂症 (zázhèng)
• 頑症 / 顽症 (wánzhèng)
• 飛蚊症 / 飞蚊症 (fēiwénzhèng)
• 高氏症
• 高血糖症
• 鬱症 / 郁症 (yùzhèng)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 症 – see 癥 (“lump in the abdomen; abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction”). (This character is the simplified form of 癥).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 症

症

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}

Compounds

• 脳(のう)症(しょう) (nōshō): encephalopathy
• 自(じ)閉(へい)症(しょう) (jiheishō): autism
• 健忘症(けんぼうしょう) (kenbōshō)

Suffix

症(しょう) • (-shō) 

1. (medicine) attached to the names of conditions

See also

• 病(びょう) (-byō)

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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