See also: 自闭症

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to exclude oneself from others; to isolate oneself from society disease; illness; indication or sign of disease
trad. (自閉症) 自閉
simp. (自闭症) 自闭
Literally: “self-exclusion disease”.
 
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Etymology edit

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese ()(へい)(しょう) (jiheishō); used in Hong Kong and Taiwan since the 1970s, and in Mainland China since the late 1980s (Yu, 2017). In Mainland China, first attested in 1983.

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自閉症

  1. autism (neurological disorder) [from 1970s]

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
へい
Grade: 6
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
 自閉症 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

自閉 (jihei, social withdrawal) +‎ (-shō, condition)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーしょー [jìhéꜜèshòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑihe̞ːɕo̞ː]

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()(へい)(しょう) (jiheishō

  1. autism (neurological disorder)

Descendants edit

  • Chinese: 自閉症自闭症 (zìbìzhèng)
  • Korean: 자폐증 (自閉症, japyejeung)

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Hanja in this term

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自閉症 (japyejeung) (hangeul 자폐증)

  1. Hanja form? of 자폐증 (autism).