yóu

wart

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
疒 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sick

尤 sound,iconic component

  Sound Iconic component

yóu

  

especially

Depicts a hand with a wart on it.

Evolution

疣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
疣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
疣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yóu

wart; tumor; goiter; papule; nodule

Most common words with 疣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

nodule

赘疣

wart

疣赘

wart

附赘悬疣

superfluities