zhǒng

swell

Swollen  flesh ⺼;  also provides the pronunciation

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

重 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

zhòngchóng

  

heavy

Evolution

腫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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zhǒng

swell; swollen; swelling; to swell

Most common words with 腫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肿瘤

tumor

to swell

肿胀

swelling

水肿

dropsy

囊肿

cyst (med.)