腸

音読おんよみ: チョウ

訓読くんよみ: はらわた

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: にくづき(⺼)

Meaning

Intestines / Bowels / Guts

  • 大腸だいちょう — large intestine
  • 小腸しょうちょう — small intestine
  • 腸炎ちょうえん — enteritis (intestinal inflammation)
  • 腸内細菌ちょうないさいきん — gut bacteria
  • 盲腸もうちょう — appendix
  • 腸管ちょうかん — intestinal tract

腸 is made from the 肉 (⺼, flesh) radical and the phonetic part 昜 (ヨウ/チョウ), which suggests the reading. Together, the form represents the idea of elongated internal organs, particularly the intestines.

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