• 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).

창자
changja
jang
Kangxi radical:130, + 9
Strokes:13
Unicode:U+8178
Cangjie input:
  • 月日一竹 (BAMH)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 月 昜 (G J K)
  • ⿰ ⺼ 昜 (H T V)

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