Kanji Detail for 腔 - "cavity, space, resonance"

腔

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
腔 means "cavity, space, resonance."
1. Cavity - An empty space inside the body.
2. Body - The inside of the body.
3. Tune - A melody; the rhythm of a song.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

body cavity

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

chest cavity; hollow in body

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

chest cavity; a hollow in the body

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The body of bones is called 腔 (cavity). Meaning hollow inside. Now lower animals like coral polyps are called 腔腸動物 (coelenterates). Also, the hollow space in the chest and abdomen is called 腔. | A tune is called 腔. Such as 崑腔 (Kunqu tune), 秦腔 (Qinqiang tune).
Onyomi

koh(こう)

ku(く)
Kunyomi

kara(から)

karada(からだ)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

肉月 (niku・nikuzuki)
Related Keywords
cavity hollow space chamber interior body tune melody tone voice resonance internal chest oral nasal thoracic abdominal empty void acoustic