症

JŌYŌ KANJI · Secondary school

symptoms

symptoms · illness

10 strokesRadical 104U+75C7
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Readings

Official Jōyō readings in table order

On’yomi 音読み

ショウ

Kun’yomi 訓読み

None listed in this source.

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Origin and meaning

Verified against the direct KanjiPedia naritachi entry.

Earlier sense recorded in the sourcea sign or condition of illness
Meanings in the learning dataset todaysymptoms · illness

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Written form

No parenthesized form is given in the official Jōyō index for this character.

Dictionary radical疒やまいだれ · sickness
Stroke count10May vary for alternate forms.
UnicodeU+75C7Modern character encoding, not an origin date.

Compare manuscript and printed examples in the HNG historical glyph archive ↗. Where available, its dated samples document written forms; they do not establish the first use of this character in Japan.

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Examples in the official table

  • 症状,炎症,重症
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When did it enter Japanese?

Chinese characters reached Japan through a long process of contact. Early inscribed objects and sixth-century Japanese names are documented; this is context for the writing system, not a first date for 症.

症 appears in the current Jōyō kanji table published on 30 November 2010. This records modern standard status, not the date the character was first used in Japan.

A dated first Japanese use for 症 has not been verified in the sources attached to this entry.

Agency for Cultural Affairs: writing history ↗ · 2010 Jōyō notice ↗

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