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疣

Translingual

Han character

疣 (radical 104 疒+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大戈大山 (KIKU), four-corner 0011₄, composition ⿸疒尤)

References

KangXi: page 769, character 30

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22050

Dae Jaweon: page 1180, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2661, character 13

Unihan data for U+75A3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		疣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尤) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
尤	*ɢʷɯ
疣	*ɢʷɯ
肬	*ɢʷɯ
沋	*ɢʷɯ
訧	*ɢʷɯ
忧	*ɢʷɯs
蚘	*ɢʷɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯ) : semantic 疒 ‎(“disease”) + phonetic 尤 ‎(OC *ɢʷɯ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yóu (you²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴
Min Dong (BUC): ìu
Min Nan (POJ): iû
Wu (Wiktionary): hhieu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
  - Wade-Giles: yu²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴
  - Yale: yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ìu
  - IPA ^(key): /ieu⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
  - Tâi-lô: iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhieu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦiɜ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɦɨu/▼

Rime
Character	疣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羽求切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuw/
Li Rong	/ɣiu/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	疣
Reading #	1/1
No.	15504
Phonetic component	尤
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	尤
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯ/
Notes	尤轉註字見釋名

Definitions

疣

wart; nodule; tumor; goiter; papule

Synonyms

瘊子 (hóuzi)
肉贅／肉赘 (ròuzhuì)
贅瘤／赘瘤 (zhuìliú)
贅疣／赘疣 (zhuìyóu)

References

(Min Nan) Kaifang Cidian

Japanese

Kanji

疣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Goon: ゆ (yu) (rare)
Kan’on: ゆう (yū)
Kun: いぼ (ibo), たり (tari)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
疣
いぼ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

A contraction of Old Japanese-derived 飯粒 ‎(ihibo, modern reading ībo, literally “rice grain”), from the way that a wart or skin tag may look like a grain of rice.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

Kun'yomi
(Tokyo) いぼ [íꜜbò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ibo̞]

Alternative forms

Noun

疣 ‎(hiragana いぼ, romaji ibo)

a small protrusion of the skin: a wart, a verruca, a skin tag
a wart-like protrusion on the surface of something

Derived terms

疣 (いぼ)の木 (き) ‎(ibonoki): Ligustrum obtusifolium, a kind of privet tree
疣足 (いぼあし) ‎(iboashi): a parapodium
疣結 (いぼい) ‎(iboi): a kind of knot
疣石 (いぼいし) ‎(iboishi): “wart stone” → a stone believed to have the power to cure warts
疣猪 (いぼいのしし) ‎(iboinoshishi): a warthog
疣疣 (いぼいぼ) ‎(iboibo): a rash resembling many small warts; a surface covered in small protrusions
疣毟 (いぼうじり) ‎(iboujiri): “wart plucker” → alternate name for 蟷螂 ‎(kamakiri), the praying mantis
疣落 (いぼおとし) ‎(ibootoshi): “wart dropper” → alternate name for 蝦蔓, 蘡薁 ‎(ebizuru): Vitis ficifolia, a kind of liana related to the grape
疣蛙 (いぼがえる) ‎(ibogaeru): a toad
疣金物 (いぼかなもの) ‎(ibo kanamono): “warty metal” → a metal plate into which numerous round-headed rivets have been driven, such as might be used in building construction or in shipbuilding
疣蟹 (いぼがに) ‎(ibogani): “warty crab” → a kind of king crab, a member of genus Paralithodes
疣細螺 (いぼきさご) ‎(ibokisago): a kind of marine snail in family Trochidae
疣草 (いぼくさ) ‎(ibokusa): “wart weed” → Murdannia keisak, a type of flowering plant related to the dayflower
疣仙人掌 (いぼさぼてん) ‎(ibo saboten): “wart cactus” → general name for cactus plants of family Mammillaria
疣痔 (いぼじ) ‎(iboji): a hemorrhoid, blind piles
疣地蔵 (いぼじぞう) ‎(ibo jizō): “wart jizō” → a jizō statue believed to have the power to cure warts
疣占地 (いぼしめじ) ‎(ibo shimeji): “wart shimeji” → alternate name for 占地 ‎(shimeji), the shimeji mushroom
疣症 (いぼしょう) ‎(iboshō): vercositas, verrucosis
疣状 (いぼじょう) ‎(ibojō): verrucous, verruciform
疣毟 (いぼじり) ‎(ibojiri): “wart plucker” → alternate name for 蟷螂 ‎(kamakiri), the praying mantis
疣毟巻 (いぼじりまき) ‎(ibojirimaki): “wart-plucker curls” → a women's hairstyle popular among rural women until the early Shōwa period, so named for a resemblance to the praying mantis
疣背 (いぼぜ) ‎(iboze): “wartback” → alternate for 疣鯛 ‎(ibodai): wart perch, Japanese butterfish
疣取 (いぼた) ‎(ibota): Ligustrum obtusifolium, a kind of privet tree
疣取 (いぼた)の木 (き) ‎(ibotanoki): Ligustrum obtusifolium, a kind of privet tree
疣鯛 (いぼだい) ‎(ibodai): wart perch, Japanese butterfish
疣取 (いぼとり) ‎(ibotori): Ligustrum obtusifolium, a kind of privet tree
疣螺 (いぼにし) ‎(ibonishi), 疣辛螺 (いぼにし) ‎(ibonishi): Thais clavigera, a kind of predatory marine snail
疣虫 (いぼむし) ‎(ibomushi): “wart bug” → alternate name for 蟷螂 ‎(kamakiri), the praying mantis
疣毟 (いぼむしり) ‎(ibomushiri): “wart plucker” → alternate name for 蟷螂 ‎(kamakiri), the praying mantis
疣目 (いぼめ) ‎(ibome): a callus, a hardening of the skin due to repeated rubbing or pressure
疣海楊 (いぼやぎ) ‎(iboyagi): a kind of sea fan, a member of order Alcyonacea, formerly classed under order Gorgonacea
疣結 (いぼゆい) ‎(iboyui): a kind of knot

足底疣 (そくていいぼ) ‎(sokutei ibo): a plantar wart
副疣 (ふくいぼ) ‎(fukuibo): a secondary tubercle

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
疣
たり Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Unknown. Possibly an extension of the nominalized continuative form tari of Old Japanese-derived verb 垂る ‎(taru, “to hang down, to hang off of”, superseded by modern 垂れる tareru).

Appears with this reading in the 新選字鏡 (Shinsen Jikyō)^[1] Japanese dictionary of Chinese^[3], compiled in 898-901.

Pronunciation

Kun'yomi
IPA^(key): [ta̠ɾi]

Noun

疣 ‎(hiragana たり, romaji tari)

(obsolete, rare) a small protrusion of the skin: a wart, a verruca, a skin tag

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
疣
ゆう Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 疣 ‎(hiu).

Pronunciation

On'yomi: Kan'on
IPA^(key): [jɯᵝː]

Affix

疣 ‎(hiragana ゆう, romaji yū, historical hiragana いう)

(rare, medicine) a small protrusion of the skin: a wart, a verruca, a skin tag

Usage notes

Only found in compounds.

Derived terms

疣腫 (ゆうしゅ) ‎(yūshu): a sycoma, a skin tag
疣状 (ゆうじょう) ‎(yūjō): verrucous, verruciform
疣贅 (ゆうぜい) ‎(yūzei): a small protrusion of the skin, more specifically caused by HPV: a wart, a verruca, a skin tag
疣贅症 (ゆうぜいしょう) ‎(yūzeishō): keratiasis, keratosis

主疣 (しゅゆう) ‎(shuyū): primary tubercle
小疣 (しょうゆう) ‎(shōyū): a thymion
贅疣 (ぜいゆう) ‎(zeiyū): a bump or knot of useless flesh; something useless
足底疣贅 (そくていゆうぜい) ‎(sokutei yūzei): a plantar wart
軟疣 (なんゆう) ‎(nan'yū): a soft wart, a molluscum

References

1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
↑ 898-901, Shinsen Jikyō

Korean

Hanja

疣 • ‎(yu) (hangeul 유, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Definition 2025

疣

疣

Translingual

Han character

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

References

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Affix

Usage notes

Derived terms

References

Korean

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