感染症

感染症

Japanese

Kanji in this term
感	染	症
かん Grade: 3	せん Grade: 6	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

感染 (kansen, “infection”) +‎ 症 (-shou, “disease”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) かんせんしょー [kàńséńshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃sẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Noun

感染症(かんせんしょう) • (kansenshō)

1. (medicine) infectious disease

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
感	染	症

Noun

感染症 • (gamyeomjeung) (hangeul 감염증)

1. Hanja form^? of 감염증 (“infectious disease”).