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腫
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肿
🇨🇳

swollen

HSK 10
Human →Body →Body Parts
zhǒng
シュ、ショウ
は.れる、は.れ、は.らす、はれもの
종
Swollen 重 flesh ⺼; 重 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (腫)
⺼ meat (side)+ 重 heavy =
腫 swollen
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
重 Meaning component
zhòng heavy
heavy, weighty
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Simplified (肿)
⺼ meat (side)+ 中 middle =
肿 swell
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
中 Phonetic component
zhōng middle
central
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Notes
Similar Characters
媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肚 belly肛 anus肜 to sacrifice on肝 liver肟 an organic compound肠 emotions (simp)股 thigh肢 limb肤 superficial (simp)肩 shoulder肪 animal fat肫 the gizzard of a fowl
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
腫
Regular
Modern
Chinese
肿 / 腫 [zhǒng]
to swell; swelling; swollen
Japanese
腫 しゅ 同音
n-suf tumor; tumour
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (37)
肿瘤 [zhǒng​liú] #4,308
tumor
肿胀 [zhǒng​zhàng] #12,698
swelling
水肿 [shuǐ​zhǒng] #27,051
(med.) edema
囊肿 [náng​zhǒng] #16,401
cyst (med.)
肿块 [zhǒng​kuài] #13,694
swelling
血肿 [xuè​zhǒng] #21,093
hematoma
恶性肿瘤 [è​xìng​zhǒng​liú] #29,050
malignant tumor
肿大 [zhǒng​dà] #28,292
swelling
浮肿 [fú​zhǒng] #24,619
swollen
红肿 [hóng​zhǒng] #28,216
inflamed
27 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (134)
⭐ 膨れる [ふくれる] #8,942
to swell (out)
⭐ 腫れる [はれる] #11,576
to swell (from inflammation)
腫れ上がる [はれあがる] #24,815
to swell up
⭐ 腫瘍 [しゅよう] #28,447
tumor
腫れ [はれ] #29,760
swelling
腫らす [はらす] #31,958
to cause to swell
腫れ物 [はれもの] #34,727
swelling
泣きはらす [なきはらす] #34,881
to cry one's eyes out
腫れぼったい [はれぼったい] #45,269
puffy
脳腫瘍 [のうしゅよう] #66,935
brain tumor
124 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
종양 #4,182
tumor