U+816B "腫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+816B "腫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "swelling" or "tumor," commonly used in medical and biological contexts to describe abnormal enlargement of body parts due to inflammation, fluid accumulation, or tissue growth. It consists of the radical 月 (meat or flesh) on the left, indicating its association with the body, and the phonetic component 重 (heavy or repeat) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation ("zhǒng" in Mandarin, "shu" in Japanese, and "jong" in Korean). In traditional Chinese medicine, it appears in terms like 腫瘤 (zhǒngliú) meaning tumor, and in everyday language, it can denote swelling from an injury or infection. The character is also used in Japanese and Korean, where it retains similar meanings, reflecting its shared heritage across East Asian writing systems.