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疣

wart

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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

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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.