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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

瘍: swelling, boil

Also: tumor

N1 (our estimate)14 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

疒 carries the meaning · 昜 is drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 腫瘍しゅようtumor; tumour; neoplasm
  • 潰瘍かいようulcer
  • 胃潰瘍いかいようstomach ulcer; gastric ulcer

Also read かさ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
More in the 疒 sickness story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
疒

Also built on sickness (疒)

All 14
昜

Also built on 昜

Also read ヨウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
瘍 swelling · 疒
vs楊 willow · 木
瘍 has 疒 where 楊 has 木.
In ChineseSimplified 疡 · traditional, as in Japanese · yáng

Japan keeps the traditional form 瘍; mainland China simplifies it to 疡.

Simplified
疡 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
瘍 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yáng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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