症 (shou)

illness

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

症 (しょう, shou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “illness”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

彼かれは重症じゅうしょうだ。

He is seriously ill.

不眠症です。

I can't sleep at night.

彼かれは 重症じゅうしょうだ。

We have to take him to the hospital immediately; he is seriously injured!

私は不眠症です。

I have insomnia.