疣
wart
Readings
On'yomi
- ユ
- ユウ
Kun'yomi
- いぼ
Meaning
疣 centers on a small, abnormal skin growth: a wart. It is a specific medical term with no broader conceptual cluster.
Most common words using 疣
- 疣いぼ
wart
- 疣々いぼいぼ
warts; wart-like bumps
- 疣井守いぼいもり
Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni); Anderson's newt; Ryukyu spiny newt; Japanese warty newt
- 疣取いぼた
wax-leaf privet (Ligustrum japonicum); Japanese privet
- 疣浮草いぼうきくさ
gibbous duckweed (Lemna gibba); swollen duckweed; fat duckweed
- 疣海蜷いぼうみにな
Batillaria zonalis (small sandy shore snail)
- 疣猪いぼいのしし
warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
- 疣蛙いぼがえる
toad with wart-covered skin (esp. the Japanese toad or the wrinkled frog)
- 疣螺いぼにし
Thais clavigera (species of rock shell)
- 疣贅ゆうぜい
wart; verruca
- 疣足いぼあし
parapodium
- 疣雁木エイいぼがんぎエイ
thornback ray (Raja clavata); thornback skate
- 疣鯛いぼだい
Japanese butterfish (Psenopsis anomala); melon seed
- 疣鼻猿いぼはなざる
snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp., esp. the golden snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana)
- 糸疣いといぼ
spinneret (of a spider)
- 足底疣贅そくていゆうぜい
plantar wart
Study
Etymology
疣 combines the sickness radical 疒 with the phonetic component 尤, which likely contributed the sound. The character specifically denotes a wart as a skin ailment.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 尤, like a stubborn wart growing on the skin. Picture a wart as a small, abnormal bump that the body wants to heal.
Reading mnemonic
For ユ, imagine a wart that looks like the letter 'U' on your skin: U -> ユ, and you want to remove it.