Question

瘍 かさ 0 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104)昜: open; sun 疒 5 (none) His sickness caused numerous carbuncles, which when emptied by the doctors also emptied his piggy bank.

Accepted Answer

ヨウ boil, carbuncle S 14 104 やまい・やまいだれ 形声 Phonetic The witches piggy bank was cursed with a spell causing any thief who stole it's contents to fall ill. The illness would result in the victim being covered from head to toe in a mass of carbuncles. Crime doesn't pay!

Kanji	瘍
Onyomi	ヨウ
Kunyomi	かさ
English	boil, carbuncle
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S
Components	疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 昜: open; sun
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	疒
Radical Number	104
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	やまい・やまいだれ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Koohii Story 1	His sickness caused numerous carbuncles, which when emptied by the doctors also emptied his piggy bank.
Koohii Story 2	The witches piggy bank was cursed with a spell causing any thief who stole it's contents to fall ill. The illness would result in the victim being covered from head to toe in a mass of carbuncles. Crime doesn't pay!

Emptied Piggy 瘍 ヨウ かさ Boil Carbuncle S

Emptied Piggy 瘍ヨウかさ Boil Carbuncle S