懂中文 Dong Chinese

肿

zhǒng

swell

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound. Simplified form of 腫.

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

中 sound component

中  Sound component

zhōng, zhòng

  

central

Evolution

肿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肿 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
肿 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

肿 (腫) 

zhǒng

swell; swollen; swelling; to swell

Most common words with 肿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肿瘤

tumor

肿

to swell

肿胀

swelling

水肿

dropsy

囊肿

cyst (med.)