腸
- intestines;
- bowels;
It refers broadly to the digestive tract inside the body and is used in medical and anatomical contexts.
Etymology
A phono-semantic compound:
肉 (육, “meat, flesh”) – indicates the meaning (a body part or organ);
昜 (양, “sunlight”) – provides the sound.
Usage in Korean
It is the standard hanja for 창자 (bowels) and appears in compounds like 소장 (小腸, small intestine) and 대장 (大腸, large intestine).
腸
창자
장
changja
jang
Kangxi radical:130, 肉 + 9
Strokes:13
Unicode:U+8178
Cangjie input:
- 月日一竹 (BAMH)
Composition:
- ⿰ 月 昜 (G J K)
- ⿰ ⺼ 昜 (H T V)