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症

symptoms, illness

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • ショウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

症 centers on the observable signs of a medical condition: the symptoms and the illness itself. It refers to the outward manifestation of a disease.

Most common words using 症

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  • 症しょう
    N1

    illness; condition; -pathy

  • 症状しょうじょう
    N3

    symptoms; condition (of a patient)

  • 症候群しょうこうぐん

    syndrome

  • 発症はっしょう

    outbreak of an illness; onset of a condition; appearance of symptoms

  • 重症じゅうしょう
    N1

    serious illness

  • 恐怖症きょうふしょう

    phobia; morbid fear

  • 炎症えんしょう

    inflammation; irritation

  • 自閉症じへいしょう

    autism

  • 後遺症こういしょう

    prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela

  • 症例しょうれい

    case

  • 不眠症ふみんしょう

    sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

  • 合併症がっぺいしょう

    complication

  • 狭心症きょうしんしょう

    angina pectoris

  • 対症療法たいしょうりょうほう

    symptomatic therapy; allopathy

  • 症候しょうこう

    symptom

  • 既往症きおうしょう

    illness that one had in the past; previous illness; medical history; anamnesis

  • 感染症かんせんしょう

    infectious disease; infection

  • 花粉症かふんしょう
    N3

    hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)

  • 認知症にんちしょう
    N1

    dementia

  • 依存症いぞんしょう

    dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)

  • 新型コロナウイルス感染症しんがたコロナウイルスかんせんしょう

    COVID-19; coronavirus disease 2019

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Etymology

症 combines 疒 (sickness) with 正, which likely contributes the sound ショウ. The character expresses the idea of a disease's symptoms or condition.

Meaning mnemonic

The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 正, like a disease taking hold of the body. The symptoms are the visible signs that something is not right.

Reading mnemonic

For ショウ, imagine a doctor showing you the symptoms on a chart: show -> ショウ, and the sickness is revealed.