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症 (Trad.: 癥)
Total strokes: 10; Radical: 疒
Pictophonetic: 正 indicates the sound; 疒 (sickness) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿸ Surround from upper left
    • 疒 [ nè ] sickness, disease
    • 正 [ zhèng ] straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
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  • Pinyin: zhèng

    English Definition: disease; illness
    Example Words:
    症状 zhèng zhuàng symptom (of an illness)
    癌症 ái zhèng cancer
    病症 bìng zhèng disease; illness
    对症 duì zhèng correct diagnosis; to prescribe the right cure for an illness; to suit the medicine to the illness
    顽症 wán zhèng stubborn illness; disease that is difficult to treat
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  • Pinyin: zhēng

    English Definition: abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point
    Chinese Definition:
    ①腹中结块的病。［例］脉沉重而中散者，因寒食成症。——晋·王叔和《脉经》。［合］病症(病征。按：病征的“症”，在古时只作“證”。症是近代的俗字)；症坚(症结)；症痼(腹中积久未消的痞块)；症瘕(腹中结块的病。喻固陋寡闻)；症噎(腹中结块，食塞咽喉)。
    ②另见zhèng。
    Example Words:
    症结 zhēng jié hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine); crux of an issue; main point in an argument; sticking point; deadlock in negotiations
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