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腫 = 月 + 重

腫 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tumor”. It is built from 月 (month) and 重 (heavy). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1807.

Keyword
tumor
RTK frame
1807
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュ, ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
は.れる, は.れ, は.らす, はれもの
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
опухоль
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
腫 swell

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 重 heavy

How to find 腫 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “month” + “heavy”. 腫 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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