懂中文 Dong Chinese

瘤

liú

tumor

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 留 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癅.

Components
疒 meaning component

疒  Meaning component

nè

  

sick

留 sound component

留  Sound component

liú

  

to stay

Evolution

瘤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瘤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

瘤  

liú

tumor, lump, goiter; tumor

瘤 (癅) 

liú

old variant of 瘤[liú]

Most common words with 瘤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肿瘤

tumor

瘤

tumor

脑瘤

brain tumor

恶性肿瘤

malignant tumor

毒瘤

malignant tumor