Memory phrase for the character: 腫

腫

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Meaning

swelling, tumor

Pronunciation

SHU
hareru, harasu

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: heavy 重 (vehicle 車 with double wheels)

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

Radicals

肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.
重 heavyA vehicle 車 with double 二 wheels is for the heavy.




 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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