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疡

yáng

Character Traditional 瘍

What 疡 means

1. ulcers
2. sores

Words containing 疡

• 溃疡kuì yángulcer; to ulcerate
• 疮疡chuāng yángsore; skin ulcer
• 口腔溃疡kǒu qiāng kuì yángcanker sore

Characters that look like 疡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 房fánghouse; room; branch of an extended family
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 荡dàngto wash; to squander; to sweep away
• 栋dòngclassifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
• 疮chuāngsore; skin ulcer
• 殇shāngto die in childhood; war dead

Sounds the same

Read yáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 羊sheep; goat
• 阳positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 洋ocean; vast; foreign
• 扬to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 杨poplar
• 佯to feign; to pretend
• 炀molten; smelt
• 烊molten; smelt
• 徉to walk back and forth
• 旸rising sun; sunshine
• 飏to soar; to fly; to float
• 垟clay sheep buried with the dead