腫 [肿] zhǒng
adjective | verb
: to swell; swelling; swollen
Kun Reading
腫れ | はれ hare
noun
: swelling
腫れる | はれる hareru
ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
腫らす | はらす harasu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to cause to swell; to inflame
腫物 | しゅもつ haremono
: tumor; swelling
On Reading
腫 | しゅ shu
noun suffix
: tumor
腫[肿]瘤 zhong3liu2: tumor [腫瘤 | しゅりゅう shuryuu: lump; mass; tumor]
腫塊 [肿块] zhong3kuai4: swelling; growth; tumor; lump
腫[肿]大 zhong3da4: swelling; enlargement; hypertrophy
[腫大 | しゅだい shudai: swelling]
腫脹 [肿胀] zhong3zhang4: swelling; oedema; internal bruising
[腫脹 | しゅちょう shuchou: swelling]
囊腫[肿] nang2zhong3: cyst (med.)
水腫[肿] shui3zhong3: (med.) edema; dropsy
[水腫 | すいしゅ suishu: dropsy; edema]
浮腫[肿] fu2zhong3: swollen; bloated; edema; dropsy
[浮腫 | ふしゅ fushu: swelling; edema]
消腫[肿] xiao1zhong3: rapid decrease of a swelling; detumescence
紅腫 [红肿] hong2zhong3: inflamed; red and swollen
Japanese common word | expression | idiom
腫れ上がる | はれあがる hare agaru: to swell up
泣腫らす | なきはらす naki harasu
: to weep one’s eyes out
惚れた腫れた | ほれたはれた horeta hareta
: over heels (often used mockingly); madly (in love)
出物腫れ物所嫌わず | でものはれものところきらわず demono haremono tokoro kirawazu
: Necessity knows no law
腫れ物に触るように | はれものにさわるように haremononisawaruyouni
: with great caution; gingerly
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
又紅又腫 [又红又肿] you4 hong2 you4 zhong3
: to be red and swollen
眼皮哭腫 [眼皮哭肿] yan3 pi2 ku1 zhong3
: to have eyelids swollen from crying; very unhappy
鼻青眼腫 [鼻青眼肿] bi2 qing1 yan3 zhong3
: a black eye; serious injury to the face; fig. a setback; a defeat
鼻青臉腫 [鼻青脸肿] bi2 qing1 lian3 zhong3
: a bloody nose and a swollen face; badly battered
打腫臉充胖子 [打肿脸充胖子] da3 zhong3 lian3 chong1 pang4 zi5
: lit. to swell one’s face up by slapping it to look imposing; to seek to impress by feigning more than one’s abilities
形声 Pictophonetic.
⺼ (meat CJK radial) suggests the meaning while
重 (zhong4 | chong2: heavy; to repeat) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
肿. Created as unique simplification #334 (腫 » 肿) via replacement of character component.
Semantic:
尰 zhong3: swell; swelling of the legs
Examples:
他哭到眼皮腫了。
ta1 ku4 dao4 yan3pi2 zhong3 le
He cried until his eyelid was swollen.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
