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症
zhèng
1. disease
2. illness
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

症
zhèng
ailment, disease, illness
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

对症
duìzhèng
correct diagnosis
崩症
bēngzhèng
metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period)
急症
jízhèng
acute disease
死症
sǐzhèng
incurable disease
油症
yóuzhèng
Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979)
炎症
yánzhèng
inflammation
病症
bìngzhèng
disease
症候
zhènghòu
illness
症状
zhèngzhuàng
symptom (of an illness)
HSK 6
症象
zhèngxiàng
symptom
癌症
áizhèng
cancer
HSK 6
症结
zhēngjié
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
绝症
juézhèng
incurable disease
重症
zhòngzhèng
acute (of medical condition)
险症
xiǎnzhèng
critical illness
顽症
wánzhèng
stubborn illness
不孕症
bùyùnzhèng
female infertility
不育症
bùyùzhèng
sterility
干眼症
gānyǎnzhèng
dry eye
并发症
bìngfāzhèng
complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)

Alternate Entries

症
zhēng
abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,257
Word Frequency Rank
1,079 of 84,292

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