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瘀

yū

Character

What 瘀 means

1. hematoma (internal blood clot)
2. extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue)
3. contusion

Words starting with 瘀

• 瘀伤yū shāngto become bruised; bruising; bruise
• 瘀斑yū bān(medicine) ecchymosis; bruising
• 瘀滞yū zhì(in Chinese medicine) stasis (of blood or other fluids)
• 瘀血yū xuèclotted blood; extravasated blood (leaking into surrounding tissue); thrombosis
• 瘀青yū qīngbruise; contusion
• 瘀点yū diǎnpetechia (medicine)

Words containing 瘀

• 祛瘀qū yūto dispel blood stasis (TCM)

Characters built on 於

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

• 淤yūsilt; river sludge; to silt up
• 菸yūto wither; dried leaves; faded

Characters that look like 瘀

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

• 痴chīimbecile; sentimental; stupid
• 痪huànused in 瘫痪
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 痤cuóacne
• 榛zhēn(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 痢lìdysentery

Sounds the same

Read yū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 淤silt; river sludge; to silt up
• 迂literal-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire
• 菸to wither; dried leaves; faded
• 纡winding; twisting
• 箊bamboo with thin; wide leaves
• 於surname Yu; Taiwan pr. Yú