疡

瘍

yáng

noun #83,221

Meanings

他的胃溃疡已经很久了。

Tā de wèikuìyáng yǐjīng hěn jiǔ le.

He has had a stomach ulcer for a long time.

口腔溃疡常常是上火引起的。

Kǒuqiāng kuìyáng chángcháng shì shànghuǒ yǐnqǐ de.

Mouth ulcers are often caused by getting too heated internally.

usage

Bound character: it lives in 溃疡 (ulcer), as in 胃溃疡 (stomach ulcer) and 口腔溃疡 (mouth ulcer). The sickness radical 疒 marks it as a medical term.

radical

疒 nè

sickness; illness (radical)

Outer sickness radical 疒, a person on a sickbed leaned against a wall. It frames 疡 as a bodily affliction — sores and ulcers.

phonetic

昜 yáng

rising sun; bright (archaic)

Inside the sickness frame, 昜 supplies the exact sound yáng. It is the old graph behind 阳 and 扬; here it works purely as the phonetic.

疡 yáng