肿

zhǒng

zh+ǒng·3rd tone

to swell · swelling

Radical: 月 Strokes: 8 HSK 6

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾胜脸腹

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Character Decomposition

肿=⺼+中

Etymology

flesh

Meanings

to swell

swelling

swollen

zhǒng

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Words with 肿 63 total

(nonspecialist term for shuǐ zhǒng) to suffer from edema; swollen; bloated; puffy浮肿fú zhǒng abscess脓肿nóng zhǒng bruise青肿qīng zhǒng (medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy)水肿shuǐ zhǒng swelling · oedema · internal bruising肿胀zhǒng zhàng cyst (med.)囊肿náng zhǒng to reduce swelling · detumescence · (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc)消肿xiāo zhǒng

Idioms with 肿 6 total Chain

a bloody nose and a swollen face · badly battered鼻青脸肿bí qīng liǎn zhǒng a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face · fig. a setback · a defeat鼻青眼肿bí qīng yǎn zhǒng lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities打肿脸充胖子dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi