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症 = 正 + 疒

症 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “symptoms”. It is built from 正 (correct) and 疒 (sickness radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1816.

Keyword
symptoms
RTK frame
1816
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
симптомы
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
症 disease

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 正 correct
  2. 疒 sickness radical

How to find 症 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “correct” + “sickness radical”. 症 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 症 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.