症 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zhèng, zhēng

disease

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癥.

Components

疒 Meaning component

nè

sick

正 Sound component

zhèng, zhēng

correct

Evolution

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

zhèng

disease; illness

zhēng

obstruction of bowels; abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point

Most common words with 症

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	症	disease
	症状	symptom (of an illness)
	癌症	cancer
	并发症	complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)
	综合症	syndrome

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 30.3540% of movies

1025th most common character in movies

1258th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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