symbol does not match interface

[ljharb]

TypeScript Version: playground and 3.3

Search Terms: symbol interface

Code

const sym: symbol = Symbol();

function f(arg: { constructor?: unknown }): void {
}

f(sym);

Expected behavior:
symbol is a non-nullish primitive, as such, it should be able to potentially match any interface.

Actual behavior:
Type error.

Playground Link: https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/#src=const%20sym%3A%20symbol%20%3D%20Symbol()%3B%0D%0A%0D%0Afunction%20f(arg%3A%20%7B%20constructor%3F%3A%20unknown%20%7D)%3A%20void%20%7B%0D%0A%7D%0D%0A%0D%0Af(sym)%3B

Related Issues: #29536 (discovered in relation to #28900), #1863, #24587

[ljharb]

Can't repro it in the playground, but this might also apply to bigints - getting a similar error locally with the latest next build.