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Kanji Detail for 瘭 - "boil, whitlow"
瘭
- Meaning
瘭 means "boil, whitlow."
Boil - A sore.
Whitlow - A disease causing festering in the fingers or toes (used in compound 瘭疽).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
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Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
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CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
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Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
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XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
瘭疽 (felon). When the nail bed of a finger is damaged, pyogenic bacteria invade, causing swelling and ulceration. Colloquially called 蝦眼 (shrimp eye).
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