Memory phrase for the character: 症

症

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Meaning

illness, disease, symptom

Pronunciation

zhēng, zhèng

Explanation

 Outside: illness/disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), below: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct)

Mnemonic
 
This disease is a correct/real disease.

Radicals

疒 sicknessSimilar radicals are building 广 or cliff 厂.
正 correctRadical 103 疋 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct 正, because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.




 Vocabulary

症状 zhèng zhuàng  symptom (of an illness)
腕隧道症候群 wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún  carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve); median neuropathy at the wrist
职业倦怠症 zhí yè juàn dài zhèng  professional boredom syndrome
裘馨氏肌肉萎缩症 qiú xīn shì jī ròu wēi suō zhèng  Duchenne muscular dystrophy
老年痴呆症 lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng  senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease
黑尿症 hēi niào zhèng  alkaponuria
癌症 ái zhèng  cancer
炎症 yán zhèng  inflammation
炎症 yán zhèng  

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