症
zhèng
#1,256 most
frequent character
disease, illness
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
症 pairs 疒, sickness, with 正 zhèng, which supplies the sound, a perfect match. It first meant a symptom of a disease, and grew to illness in general. Read zhēng, it means a tumor in the abdomen, a sense borrowed for its sound.
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