症 (zhèng)

disease; symptom

How 症 is written

Strokes
10
Radical
疒 — sickness
Traditional
症
Simplified
症 (unchanged)

Components

症 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

zhèng
disease; illness
zhēng
abdominal tumor

Common words using 症

強迫症 qiángpòzhèng
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
後遺症 hòuyízhèng
medical after-effects; repercussions of an illness
恐懼症 kǒngjùzhèng
phobia
症狀 zhèngzhuàng
symptom (of an illness)
癌症 áizhèng
cancer
綜合症 zōnghézhèng
syndrome
不孕症 bùyùnzhèng
female infertility
併發症 bìngfāzhèng
complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)
健忘症 jiànwàngzhèng
amnesia
多動症 duōdòngzhèng
attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
夜盲症 yèmángzhèng
night blindness; nyctalopia
失憶症 shīyìzhèng
amnesia

症 in a sentence

感冒通常有哪些症狀?

Gǎnmào tōngcháng yǒu nǎxiē zhèngzhuàng?

“What are the usual symptoms of a cold?”

How common is 症?

症 is the 1,256th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 92.5% of all running text.

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