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痈

yōng

Character Traditional 癰

What 痈 means

1. carbuncle

Words containing 痈

• 养痈贻患yǎng yōng yí huànlit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom)…
• 养痈遗患yǎng yōng yí huànlit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom)…

Characters built on 用

These share the phonetic component 用 (yòng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 拥yōngto hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm
• 佣yōngto hire; to employ; servant
• 甬yǒngpath screened by walls on both sides

Sounds the same

Read yōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拥to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm
• 佣to hire; to employ; servant
• 庸ordinary; to use
• 雍harmony
• 慵lethargic
• 镛large bell
• 臃used in 臃肿
• 墉fortified wall; city wall
• 壅to obstruct; to stop up; to heap soil around the roots of a plant
• 邕city surrounded by a moat; old variant of 雍; old variant of 壅
• 饔(literary) cooked food; breakfast
• 廱harmonious