痘
pox, smallpox
Readings
On'yomi
- トウ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
痘 centers on a specific eruptive disease: pox, especially smallpox. The meaning is tightly tied to the illness itself.
Most common words using 痘
- 天然痘てんねんとう
smallpox; variola
- 痘痕あばた
pockmark
- 水痘すいとう
chickenpox; chicken pox; varicella
- 痘痕いも
smallpox
- 種痘しゅとう
smallpox vaccination; inoculation against smallpox
- M痘エムとう
mpox; monkeypox
- サル痘さるとう
monkeypox; mpox
- 人痘接種法じんとうせっしゅほう
variolation
- 人痘法じんとうほう
variolation
- 人痘種痘法じんとうしゅとうほう
variolation
- 仮痘かとう
varioloid
- 牛痘ぎゅうとう
cowpox; vaccinia
- 痘痕とうこん
pockmark
- 痘痕も笑窪あばたもえくぼ
love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples
- 痘瘡とうそう
smallpox; variola
- 痘苗とうびょう
vaccine
- 発痘はっとう
outbreak (of pox)
- 羊痘ひつじとう
orf; contagious pustular dermatitis; sheep pox; scabby mouth
- 鶏痘けいとう
fowl pox
Study
Etymology
痘 combines 疒 (sickness) with 豆, which likely contributes the sound トウ and may have been chosen for its visual resemblance to pustules or its phonetic value.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 豆, which looks like a bean but here suggests small round pox marks. Picture a sickness that covers the body with bean-like pustules.
Reading mnemonic
For トウ, imagine a toe swollen with a pox sore: toe -> トウ, and the sickness enclosure reminds you it's a disease.