肿
zhǒng HSK6

swell

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound. Simplified form of 腫.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

中
中 Sound component
zhōng, zhòng central

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

腫 zhǒng swell Traditional

Swollen 重 flesh ⺼; 重 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
重
重 SoundMeaning component
zhòng, chóng heavy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyowngXtoŋʔswell, swollen; tumor
Zhengzhangtjoŋʔ

說文解字

癰也。从肉重聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)