瘤 liú tumor
tumor; lump; goiter
怎么记住“瘤”: 疒 illness + 留 remain = tumor. Grandma ignores the illness for months and wants to remain on the farm, until the doctor feels the hard tumor on her neck.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
瘤 = 疒 illness + 留 remain
- 疒 illness meaning
- 留 remain sound
- 𠂎 left half
- 刀 knife
- 田 field
Grandma ignores the illness for months and wants to remain on the farm, until the doctor feels the hard tumor on her neck.
How it came to be
Illness gives the meaning and the sign for remaining the sound.
用法
- A tumor/growth/lump: 肿瘤 (zhǒngliú) a tumor, 良性肿瘤 (liángxìng zhǒngliú) benign, 恶性肿瘤 (èxìng zhǒngliú) malignant, 瘤子 (liúzi, colloquial) a lump. Medical vocabulary.