腸

See also: 肠 and 膓

Translingual

Han character

腸 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月日一竹 (BAMH), four-corner 7622₇, composition ⿰月昜(GJK) or ⿰⺼昜(HTV))

Derived characters

• 𦼳, 𬛡

Related characters

• 膓 (unorthodox form)
• 肠 (Simplified Chinese)

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		腸
simp.		肠
alternative forms		膓／肠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (昜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
湯	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ
踼	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋʔ, *l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs
蝪	*l̥ʰaːŋ
薚	*l̥ʰaːŋ
簜	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l'aːŋʔ
盪	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ
偒	*l̥ʰaːŋʔ
蕩	*l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ
燙	*l̥ʰaːŋs
啺	*l'aːŋ
碭	*l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs
婸	*l'aːŋʔ
愓	*l'aːŋʔ
璗	*l'aːŋʔ
崵	*l'aːŋʔ, *laŋ
逿	*l'aːŋs
暢	*l̥ʰaŋs
畼	*l̥ʰaŋs
腸	*l'aŋ
場	*l'aŋ
傷	*hljaŋ, *hljaŋs
殤	*hljaŋ
觴	*hljaŋ
慯	*hljaŋ, *hljaŋs
禓	*hljaŋ, *laŋ
塲	*hljaŋ
陽	*laŋ
楊	*laŋ
揚	*laŋ
瘍	*laŋ
煬	*laŋ, *laŋs
鍚	*laŋ
暘	*laŋ
颺	*laŋ, *laŋs
昜	*laŋ
輰	*laŋ
敭	*laŋ
鰑	*laŋ
諹	*laŋ, *laŋs
瑒	*laŋ, *rlaːŋʔ
鸉	*laŋ
餳	*ljaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aŋ) : semantic 肉 (“body”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-yaŋ ~ m-yaŋ (“large intestine”), whence Helambu Tibetan ནང་ཇུལ (nang jul, “viscera; guts; entrails”) and Chepang योङ्‌क्‍लीः (yoŋ-kliʔ, “intestine”) (STEDT).

Schuessler (2007) suggests it is also cognate with Tibetan ལོང་ཀ (long ka, “intestines; entrails; guts”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 腸

1. (anatomy) intestine
2. (figurative) heart; emotions
3. sausage

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

腸

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)
• Kun: はらわた (harawata, 腸)、わた (wata, 腸)

Compounds

• 腸管(ちょうかん) (chōkan)
• 胃腸(いちょう) (ichō)
• 十二指腸(じゅうにしちょう) (jūnishichō)
• 小腸(しょうちょう) (shōchō)
• 大腸(だいちょう) (daichō)
• 断腸(だんちょう) (danchō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
腸
わた Grade: 6
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wata.

Noun

腸(わた) • (wata) 

1. (anatomy) the intestines

Derived terms

• 腸(はらわた) (harawata)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
腸
はらわた Grade: 6
kun'yomi

• [parawata] → [ɸarawata] → [harawata]. Compound of 腹 (hara, “stomach”) +‎ 腸 (wata, “intestines”).

Noun

腸(はらわた) • (harawata) 

1. (anatomy) the 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

   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, 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

Kanji in this term
腸
ちょう Grade: 6
on'yomi

/tyau/ → /tyoː/.

Noun

腸(ちょう) • (chō) ^{←ちやう (tyau)?}

1. (anatomy) the intestines; the bowels
   • 1993 December 15 [1990 March 25], Sasaki, Noriko, 動(どう)物(ぶつ)のお医(い)者(しゃ)さん [The Veterinarian], 36th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 19:

     年(とし)頃(ごろ)の女(じょ)性(せい)が自(じ)分(ぶん)の腸(ちょう)なんか見(み)ていていいのだろうか

     Toshigoro no josei ga jibun no chō nan ka miteite ii no darō ka

     Is it okay for a woman of marriageable age to stare at her own guts?

References

• Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.
• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja

腸 • (jang) (hangeul 장, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

1. intestines

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 腸 (tràng, trường, trướng)

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