Chinese Character Wiki

痈

yōng

carbuncle

Components
疒 meaning component

疒  Meaning component

nè

  

sick

sickness

用 sound component

用  Sound component

yòng

  

use

Evolution

痈 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
痈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
痈 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
痈 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
痈 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

痈 (癰) 

yōng

carbuncle, sore, ulcer, abscess; carbuncle

Most common words with 痈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

痈

carbuncle

养痈遗患

to cherish a viper in one's bosom

养痈贻患

to cherish a viper in one's bosom

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4950th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

癰

Unicode

U+75C8


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