症 – symptoms, illness

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1111 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 症 means symptoms, illness. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 疒 (no. 104).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 疒 (Kangxi radical 104). Components: 一・止・疔.

Words using 症

症状しょうじょうsymptoms症しょうillness

Example sentences

よくこういう症状が起きますか。

Do you have this symptom often?

Tatoeba #192821

メアリーは本当に心配症ね。

Mary is such a worrywart.

Tatoeba #194702

Kanji with the same radical

病療痛疲痴癖痢癌痩痺

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