漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
腫: tumor, swelling
N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
月 carries the meaning · 重 is drawn in
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シュshu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 腫瘍しゅようtumor; tumour; neoplasm
- 腫しゅtumor; tumour
はれるhareru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 腫れるはれるto swell (from inflammation)
Also read ショウ, はれ, はらす, はれもの, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
重
Also built on heavy (重)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side腫 tumor · 月
vs動 move · 力In ChineseSimplified 肿 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhǒng
Japan keeps the traditional form 腫; mainland China simplifies it to 肿.
- Simplified
- 肿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 腫 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhǒng 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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