瘍 means “ulcer, tumor”

よう · you

Also: swelling, boil

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かさ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヨウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 14 strokes

The story

Sickness (疒) and 昜, the sun (日) rising high: a swelling that keeps on growing. 瘍 lives in two words, 潰瘍, an ulcer, and 腫瘍, a tumor, which the doctor will call either 良性, benign, or 悪性, malignant.

Used in 腫瘍 (shuyou, tumor), 潰瘍 (kaiyou, ulcer), and 胃潰瘍 (ikaiyou, stomach ulcer)

More from Sickness & Cures

• 唾 saliva
• 梗 blockage
• 痩 get thin
• 健 healthy
• 康 ease
• 傷 wound
• 診 examine (a patient)
• 看 watch over
• 症 symptom
• 剤 medicine
• 菌 germ
• 疫 epidemic

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