Memory phrase for the Kanji: 腫


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Meaning swelling, tumor

Pronunciation

SHU
hareru, harasu

Explanation

Left: body part /, right: heavy (vehicle with double wheels)

Mnemonic


 
A body part becomes heavy when it is swollen by a tumor.

Radicals

body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but has the meaning 'body part'.
heavyA vehicle with double wheels is for the heavy.
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 Vocabulary

腫れる はれる  to swell (from inflammation), to become swollen
水腫 すいしゅ  edema, oedema


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