瘤

瘤 U+7624, 瘤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7624 ← 瘣 [U+7623] CJK Unified Ideographs 瘥 → [U+7625]

Translingual

Han character

瘤 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹田 (KHHW), four-corner 0016₂, composition ⿸疒留)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 778, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22408
• Dae Jaweon: page 1188, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2690, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7624

Chinese

simp. and trad.		瘤
2nd round simp.		𰣲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
卯	*mruːʔ
昴	*mruːʔ
泖	*mruːʔ
茆	*mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ
奅	*m̥ʰruːs
窌	*m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus
聊	*m·rɯːw
貿	*mlus
鄮	*mlus
劉	*m·ru
留	*m·ru, *m·rus
蒥	*m·ru
鶹	*m·ru
騮	*m·ru
榴	*m·ru
瑠	*ru
瘤	*m·ru, *m·rus
遛	*m·ru
鎦	*m·ru
飀	*m·ru
鰡	*m·ru
嵧	*m·ru
餾	*m·ru, *m·rus
瀏	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
懰	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
柳	*m·ruʔ
珋	*m·ruʔ
罶	*m·ruʔ
嬼	*m·ruʔ, *m·rus
溜	*m·rus
霤	*m·rus
廇	*m·rus
塯	*m·rus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·ru, *m·rus) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴, lau^4-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liù

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liu²

• Eastern Min (BUC): liù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâu / liû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁵ / liu⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²
    • Yale: lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴, lau^4-2
    • Yale: làuh, láu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴, lau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴, leo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/, /lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù
    • Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liu²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liu²
    • Sinological IPA: /liu¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu
    • Tâi-lô: lâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
    • Tâi-lô: liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³/

Note:

• lâu - vernacular;
• liû - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lao⁵ / liu⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâu / liû
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵⁵/, /liu⁵⁵/

Note:

• lao5 - vernacular;
• liu5 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lieu
    • MiniDict: lieu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuw, ljuwH

Rime
Character	瘤	瘤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力求切	力救切
Baxter	ljuw	ljuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/	/lɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/	/liuH/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/	/liəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/	/luwH/
Li Rong	/liu/	/liuH/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/	/lĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/	/li̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú	liù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4	lau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*m·ru/, /*m·rus/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘤	瘤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8888	8909
Phonetic component	卯	卯
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉	溜
Old Chinese	/*m·ru/	/*m·rus/

Definitions

瘤

1. tumor (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   生瘤 [Cantonese]  ―  saang¹ lau^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to get a tumour

2. (regional) bump; swelling; bruise (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   我琴日撞嚫個頭，起咗個瘤。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我琴日撞𰈍个头，起咗个瘤。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ kam⁴ jat⁶ zong⁶ can¹ go³ tau⁴, hei² zo² go³ lau^4-2. [Jyutping]

   Yesterday, I hit my head and got a bump.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 腫瘤 (“tumour”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		腫瘤
Mandarin	Beijing	瘤子
	Harbin	瘤子
	Luoyang	瘤子
	Wanrong	瘤子
	Xi'an	瘤子
	Liuzhou	瘤子
	Yangzhou	瘤
	Singapore	腫瘤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瘤
	Hong Kong	瘤, 腫瘤
	Taishan	瘤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	瘤
Southern Min	Xiamen	瘤

Compounds

• 動脈瘤／动脉瘤 (dòngmàiliú)
• 宿瘤
• 惡性腫瘤／恶性肿瘤 (èxìng zhǒngliú)
• 杉瘤
• 根瘤 (gēnliú)
• 根瘤菌 (gēnliújūn)
• 楠瘤
• 楓瘤人／枫瘤人
• 樹瘤／树瘤
• 毒瘤 (dúliú)
• 淋巴瘤 (línbāliú)
• 瘤子 (liúzi)
• 瘤牛 (liúniú)
• 瘤癭／瘤瘿
• 瘤結／瘤结
• 瘤胃 (liúwèi)
• 瘤贅／瘤赘
• 瘤魁
• 癭瘤／瘿瘤
• 肉瘤 (ròuliú)
• 脂肪瘤 (zhīfángliú)
• 腦瘤／脑瘤
• 腫瘤／肿瘤 (zhǒngliú)
• 腦腫瘤／脑肿瘤
• 良性瘤
• 良性腫瘤／良性肿瘤 (liángxìng zhǒngliú)
• 蝨瘤／虱瘤
• 血管瘤 (xuèguǎnliú)
• 贅瘤／赘瘤 (zhuìliú)
• 銜瘤／衔瘤
• 靜脈瘤／静脉瘤
• 骨腫瘤／骨肿瘤

 

Japanese

Kanji

瘤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bump
2. swelling or tumor

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: こぶ (kobu, 瘤)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
瘤
こぶ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 瘤 – see the following entry.

【こぶ】 [noun] lump, bump (on the body) [noun] knot in a tree [noun] someone in the way [noun] child

(This term, 瘤, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

瘤 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune–Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瘤: Hán Nôm readings: lựu

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