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tumor

HSK 10
yóu
ユ、ユウ
いぼ
Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 尤 represents the sound.
Components
Meaning component
sickness
sick
Phonetic component
yóu remarkable
especially, particularly
Depicts a hand with a wart on it.
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[yóu]
nodule; wart
Japanese
いぼ イボ 同音
noun usually kana wart
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