Kanji Detail for 瘍 - "ulcer, swelling, sore"

瘍

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

瘍 means "ulcer, swelling, sore."
1. Sore - Ulcer; malignant swelling; general term for skin ailments.
Words using 瘍
- 腫瘍しゅよう tumor; tumour; neoplasm
Tattoo check: 瘍
- Verified meaning: ulcer, swelling, sore
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
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Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

swelling; boil; tumor

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

ulcers, sores; infection

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

ulcers; sores

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Head wounds. All carbuncles and abscesses are called 瘍. Hence surgeons were anciently called 瘍醫.
Onyomi

yoh(ヨウ)
Kunyomi

kasa(かさ)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

疒 (yamaidare)
Related Keywords

ulcer swelling sore growth abscess wound lesion infection inflammation skin pus boil

腫瘍は悪性です。
The tumor is malignant.
胃に潰瘍が出来る。
An ulcer forms in the stomach.
腫瘍は良性でした。
The tumor was benign.
私、腫瘍があるんだ。
I have a tumor.
腫瘍は進行しています。
The tumor is growing.
トムには脳腫瘍があった。
Tom had a brain tumor.
胃に腫瘍ができたので切ってもらった。
I got a stomach tumor and had to have it operated on.
薬を飲み始めると、すぐに痛みなどの症状はとれてきますが、すぐに潰瘍がなおるわけではありません。
When you start taking medicine it begins working on symptoms, like pain, right away, but that doesn't mean that the ulcer heals right away.