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Kanji Detail for 臓 - "organ, internal"

臓

  • Meaning

    臓 means "organ, internal." Also associated with intestines.

    1. Organ - An internal body part; viscera.

    2. Internal - Inside the body; inner parts.

  • Words using 臓

    • 臓器 ぞうき Listen internal organs; viscera
    • 心臓 しんぞう Listen heart; guts; nerve
    • 肝臓 かんぞう Listen liver
    • 心臓病 しんぞうびょう Listen heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
    • 腎臓 じんぞう Listen kidney
    • 内臓 ないぞう Listen internal organs; viscera

  • Four-character idioms with 臓

    • 五臓六腑 ごぞうろっぷ Listen the five viscera and the six internal organs; inside one's body; in one's heart

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    • Verified meaning: organ, internal
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: intestines

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    entrails; viscera; bowels

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    internal organs, viscera

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 臟|脏

  • Onyomi

    tip

    zoh(ゾウ) ゾウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    harawata(はらわた) はらわた

  • Strokes

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    19 strokes

  • Radical

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    肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

  • Related Keywords

    organ internal intestines viscera bladder digestive kidney liver pancreas respiratory spleen stomach

Sentences including 臓

  • The heart works slowly.

  • It's not good for my heart.

  • He has a bad heart.

  • She was ill with heart disease.

  • I have kidney trouble.

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