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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)

症候
zhènghòu
illness
顽症
wánzhèng
stubborn illness
急症
jízhèng
acute disease
症象
zhèngxiàng
symptom
险症
xiǎnzhèng
critical illness
病症
bìngzhèng
disease
绝症
juézhèng
incurable disease
对症
duìzhèng
correct diagnosis
崩症
bēngzhèng
metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period)
癌症
áizhèng
cancer
HSK 6
死症
sǐzhèng
incurable disease
重症
zhòngzhèng
acute (of medical condition)
炎症
yánzhèng
inflammation
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)
症状
zhèngzhuàng
symptom (of an illness)
HSK 6
症结
zhēngjié
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
晕血症
yùnxuèzhèng
blood phobia
败血症
bàixuèzhèng
septicaemia
疲劳症
píláozhèng
fatigue
烟雾症
yānwùzhèng
moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan)

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