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

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

	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

simp. and trad.		症
alternative forms		癥

Alternative form of 證 / 证 (zhèng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhèng (zheng⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zen⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zing³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zen¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chṳn

(Hailu, HRS): zhin^ˇ / zhang^ˇ
Eastern Min (BUC): céng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêng³

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/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zhin^ˇ / zhang^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃin¹¹/, /t͡ʃaŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: céng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zing⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ci̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zexng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ²¹³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjɯŋs/

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 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
yánzhèng [Pinyin]
inflammation

抑鬱症 [MSC, trad.]
抑郁症 [MSC, simp.]
yìyùzhèng [Pinyin]
depression

不治之症 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
bùzhìzhīzhèng [Pinyin]
incurable disease
(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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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

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 (piānzhízhèng)
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 (yíwàngzhèng)
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.

References

“症”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “症”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 262.

Japanese

Kanji

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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
症
しょう Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Middle Chinese 症 (MC tsyengH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょー [shòó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Suffix

症(しょう) • (-shō) ^{←しやう (-syau)^?}

(medicine) attached to the names of conditions

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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