瘤
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tumor
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 疒 +10
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 瘤
- Common rank
- #1,814
- Unicode
- U+7624
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
tumor · Heisig RSH #2668
sickness + 留 stay
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 瘤
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卡波西氏肉瘤 | Kaposi's sarcoma | |
| 黑色素瘤 | melanoma | |
| 神经纤维瘤 | (medicine) neurofibroma | |
| 血管瘤 | angioma (medicine) | |
| 多发性骨髓瘤 | (medicine) multiple myeloma | |
| 黑素瘤 | melanoma | |
| 间皮瘤 | mesothelioma (medicine) | |
| 恶性瘤 | malignant tumor | |
| 乳头瘤 | papilloma | |
| 动脉瘤 | aneurysm | |
| 根瘤菌属 | genus Rhizobium | |
| 子宫肌瘤 | fibroid tumor of the uterus; hysteromyoma | |
| 瘤子 | tumor | |
| 根瘤菌 | rhizobia | |
| 黑瘤 | melanoma | |
| 国际肿瘤研究机构 | International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) | |
| 血瘤 | blood tumor; angioma (tumor consisting of a mass of blood vessels) | |
| 节瘤 | knot (in wood) | |
| 肿瘤切除术 | lumpectomy | |
| 骨瘤 | osteoma (benign tumor composed of bone-like material) |
Sound family
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