臓

音読おんよみ: ゾウ

訓読くんよみ: はらわた

画数かくすう: 19

部首ぶしゅ: にくづき(⺼)

Meaning

Internal Organs / Entrails / Viscera

  • 臓器ぞうき — internal organ
  • 心臓しんぞう — heart
  • 肝臓かんぞう — liver
  • 腎臓じんぞう — kidney
  • 臓物ぞうもつ — entrails / offal

臓 combines ⺼ (flesh, body) with 蔵 (storehouse). This suggests the organs are “stored inside the body,” functioning as hidden but essential parts for life. Common in medical terms and everyday health contexts.

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