疱
smallpox, blister
Readings
On'yomi
- ホウ
Kun'yomi
- もがさ
Meaning
疱 centers on a raised, fluid-filled swelling on the skin: a blister, or the disease smallpox which causes such blisters.
Most common words using 疱
- 水疱すいほう
blister
- 帯状疱疹たいじょうほうしん
shingles; herpes zoster
- 水疱瘡みずぼうそう
chickenpox; chicken pox; varicella
- 疱瘡ほうそう
smallpox; variola
- 単純疱疹たんじゅんほうしん
herpes simplex
- 天疱瘡てんぽうそう
pemphigus
- 急性汎発性発疹性膿疱症きゅうせいはんぱつせいほっしんせいのうほうしょう
acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis; AGEP
- 掌蹠膿疱症しょうせきのうほうしょう
palmoplantar pustulosis
- 汗疱かんぽう
dyshidrosis; pompholyx; athlete's foot
- 疱疹ほうしん
herpes
- 疱瘡神ほうそうがみ
smallpox demon; smallpox devil; deity to whom one prays for immunity to smallpox
- 膿疱のうほう
pustule; pustula
- 膿疱疹のうほうしん
empyesis; pustular eruption
Study
Etymology
疱 combines 疒 (sickness) with 包, which likely contributes the sound ホウ and the idea of something wrapped or enclosed, like a blister.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 包 (wrap). Picture a sickness that wraps the skin in raised, fluid-filled blisters.
Reading mnemonic
For ホウ, imagine a blister so large it looks like a small hoe (ホウ) growing on the skin. The hoe shape cues the reading while tying back to the blister meaning.