尰

Han character

 * 1) swell
 * 2) swelling of the legs

Kanji

 * 1) swelling

Etymology 1
Compound of 🇰🇲.

First appears in the of roughly 934, with the later sense appearing in 1793.

Noun

 * 1)  a kind of beriberi (vitamin B deficiency) causing swelling of the lower leg
 * 2)  a predicament
 * 1)  a predicament

Etymology 2
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, a surface analysis suggests that this is the of a verb *kofu (“to swell”), but no such word seems to exist.

Appears in the of roughly 934.

Noun

 * 1)  a kind of beriberi (vitamin B deficiency) causing swelling of the lower leg