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Kanji Detail for 症 - "symptom, disease, condition"

症

  • Meaning

    症 means "symptom, disease, condition."

    1. Symptom - A sign of disease.

    2. Condition - A state of health.

    3. Disease - An illness or ailment.

  • Words using 症

    • 症状 しょうじょう Listen symptoms; condition (of a patient)
    • 後遺症 こういしょう Listen prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
    • 症候群 しょうこうぐん Listen syndrome
    • 重症 じゅうしょう Listen serious illness
    • 感染症 かんせんしょう Listen infectious disease; infection
    • 症例 しょうれい Listen case
    • 花粉症 かふんしょう Listen hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
    • 炎症 えんしょう Listen inflammation; irritation

  • Tattoo check: 症

    • Verified meaning: symptom, disease, condition
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かつお, かつとし, かつひこ, かつぶ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 症

    Surnames 症(かつお)Listen 症(かつとし)Listen 症(かつひこ)Listen 症(かつぶ)Listen 症(かつべ)Listen 症(まさお)Listen 症(まさひこ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    symptoms; illness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    disease, illness, ailment

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    disease; illness

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ailment, disease, illness

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    疒 (yamaidare)

  • Related Keywords

    symptom condition disease appearance illness affliction ailment diagnosis disorder epidemic infection malady medicine pathology sickness sign state syndrome treatment

Sentences including 症

  • Is this the first time you've had this symptom?

  • What symptoms do you have?

  • Mary is such a worrywart.

  • What are the symptoms?

  • How long will i have this?

  • I'm afraid i have an inflammation in my eyes.

  • How long have you had this problem?

  • I can't sleep at night.

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