腸

See also: 肠 and 膓

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 肉 + phonetic 昜

Han character

腸 (radical 130 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月日一竹 (BAMH), four-corner 7622₇)

1. intestines
2. emotions
3. sausage

References

• KangXi: page 990, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29721
• Dae Jaweon: page 1442, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2095, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8178

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Cantonese

Hanzi

腸 (simplified 肠, Jyutping coeng4, Yale cheung4)

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Japanese

Kanji

腸

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: じょう (jō)
• Kan’on: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: はらわた (harawata)

Compounds

• 腸管 (chōkan)
• 胃腸 (ichō)
• 十二指腸 (jūnishichō)
• 小腸 (shōchō)
• 大腸 (daichō)
• 断腸 (danchō)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wata]

Noun

腸 (hiragana わた, romaji wata)

1. (anatomy) intestines

Derived terms

• 腸 (harawata)

Etymology 2

• [parawata] → [ɸarawata] → [harawata]. Compound of hara and wata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [harawata]

Noun

腸 (hiragana はらわた, romaji harawata)

1. (anatomy) large intestines
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki

     脯 趺武友 乾肉薄折之曰脯也 大小腸 波良汙多

   • 931-938, Wamyō Ruijushō

     大腸 中黄子云 大腸 音長 波良和太 [...] 爲傳送之府 [...] 膽者中正之官 脾胃者倉稟之官 大腸者傳道之官 小腸者受盛之官 [...]

2. (anatomy) intestines

Etymology 3

/tyau/ → /tyoː/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɕoː]

Noun

腸 (hiragana ちょう, romaji chō, historical hiragana ちゃう)

1. (anatomy) intestines, bowels

References

• 1962 May 2, Rizō Takeuchi, Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 4-4903-0010-7:
• 1968 May 2 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

腸 (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

腸 (simplified 肠, Pinyin cháng (chang2), Wade-Giles ch'ang²)

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Compounds

• 粉腸 (fěncháng)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

腸 (*djhiɑng)

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Min Nan

Noun

腸 (traditional, POJ chhiâng, traditional 腸, simplified 肠)

1. (literary) intestines

Noun

腸 (traditional, POJ tiông, traditional 腸, simplified 肠)

1. (literary) intestines

Noun

腸 (traditional, POJ tn̂g, traditional 腸, simplified 肠)

1. intestines

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Vietnamese

Han character

腸 (tràng, trường, trướng)

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