Hanja Analyzer
瘤

瘤 — ryu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
혹 류
Romanization
ryu
English
tumor, lump, goiter
Mandarin
liú
Japanese on'yomi
リュウ, ル
Japanese kun'yomi
こぶ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#2,373 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
疒 (104, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
留(류)
Unicode
U+7624

Parts that make up 瘤

  • 疒 병상에 기댄 사람병과 아픔
  • 留 머무를 류sound 밭에 머물러 있는 모양머물다. ‘류’ 계열의 소리

How 瘤 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 瘤 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 疒, 留.

Korean example words with 瘤

  • 육류肉瘤 Korean gloss: 살로만 된 혹.
  • 유상瘤狀 Korean gloss: 혹처럼 생긴 모양.
  • 석류昔瘤 Korean gloss: 생긴 지 오래된 혹.
  • 석류石瘤 Korean gloss: 돌처럼 단단하게 된 혹.
  • 적류赤瘤 Korean gloss: ‘단독’을 달리 이르는 말.
  • 혈류血瘤 Korean gloss: 피가 한곳에 뭉쳐서 된 혹.
  • 장류腸瘤 Korean gloss: 장이나 창자간막에 생긴 종기.
  • 농류膿瘤 Korean gloss: 고름염으로 생긴 고름이 한군데로 몰려서 생긴 혹.
  • 간류肝瘤 Korean gloss: 간의 일부가 복벽 또는 가로막을 통하여 돌출된 상태.
  • 타류打瘤 Korean gloss: 몸돌에서 떨어져 나간 격지의 면에 생긴 볼록한 부분.
  • 낭류囊瘤 Korean gloss: 척수 물질이 골성 척추관의 결손부를 통해서 돌출된 것.
  • 목류木瘤 Korean gloss: 나뭇가지가 부러지거나 상한 자리에 결이 맺혀 혹처럼 불퉁해진 것.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 瘤

  • 瘤こぶ bump; lump; protuberance
  • 腫瘤しゅりゅう lump; mass; tumor (tumour)
  • 瘤鯛こぶだい (adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
  • 瘤牛こぶうし zebu; humped cattle
  • 鼻瘤びりゅう rhinophyma; red swollen nose (often associated with alcoholism)
  • 癭瘤えいりゅう cecidium; gall
  • 血瘤けつりゅう hematocele
  • 粉瘤ふんりゅう atheroma
  • たん瘤たんこぶ bump (e.g. on forehead); lump; protuberance
  • 動脈瘤どうみゃくりゅう aneurysm; aneurism
  • 静脈瘤じょうみゃくりゅう varix; varicosity; varicose vein
  • 瘤蜜柑こぶみかん kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix)

Characters sharing the phonetic 留

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “류” in Korean.

Other hanja read “류”

Other hanja with radical 疒

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