• internal organs;

“Organs of the body”, as in 五臟 (오장, “the five viscera” – heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys in traditional East Asian medicine).

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound:

肉 (육, “meat, flesh”) – indicates the meaning (a body part);

藏 (장, “to store, to conceal”) – provides the sound.

The use of 藏 (to store) also reflects the concept in traditional Chinese medicine that organs “store” vital energies and substances.

Usage in Korean

It appears in key medical and anatomical terms like 內臟 (내장, internal organs) and 五臟 (오장, the five viscera).

오장
ojang
jang
Kangxi radical:130, + 18
Strokes:22
Unicode:U+81DF
Cangjie input:
  • 月廿戈尸 (BTIS)
  • 難月廿戈尸 (XBTIS)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 月 藏

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