瘤

liú
#2,136 most
frequent character
tumor

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

瘤 pairs 疒, a sick person in bed, with 留 liú as a sound part. Sickness gives the first meaning, a tumor. The meaning has stayed the same.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

瘤liú
old variant of 瘤[liu2]

Homophones

流liú
flow, spread
刘liú
(classical) a type of battle-ax

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