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Kotomora

肛

anus

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Readings

On'yomi

  • コウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

肛 refers specifically to the anus, the external opening of the rectum.

Most common words using 肛

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  • 肛門こうもん

    anus

  • 脱肛だっこう

    anal prolapse

  • 人工肛門じんこうこうもん

    artificial anus

  • 内肛動物ないこうどうぶつ

    entoproct (any animal of phylum Entoprocta)

  • 外肛動物がいこうどうぶつ

    ectoprocta; bryozoa; moss animals

  • 肛後尾こうごうび

    post-anal tail

  • 肛後腸こうこうちょう

    postanal gut; post-anal gut; postcloacal gut

  • 肛門上皮こうもんじょうひ

    anal epithelium

  • 肛門出血こうもんしゅっけつ

    anal bleeding; bleeding of the anus

  • 肛門学こうもんがく

    proctology

  • 肛門弁こうもんべん

    anal valve; valvulae anales

  • 肛門性交こうもんせいこう

    anal sex; anal intercourse

  • 肛門性格こうもんせいかく

    anal character (in psychoanalysis)

  • 肛門括約筋こうもんかつやくきん

    anal sphincter

  • 肛門挙筋こうもんきょきん

    levator anus muscles; levator ani

  • 肛門期こうもんき

    anal stage

  • 肛門直腸こうもんちょくちょう

    anorectal

  • 肛門科こうもんか

    proctology department; proctology clinic; proctology

  • 肛門腺こうもんせん

    anal gland

  • 肛門鏡こうもんきょう

    anoscope; proctoscope; rectal speculum

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Etymology

肛 combines the flesh radical ⺼ (body part) with 工, which likely provides the sound. The character was created to represent the anatomical anus.

Meaning mnemonic

The flesh radical ⺼ indicates a body part, and 工 looks like a simple opening or passage. Together they point to the body's rear opening: the anus.

Reading mnemonic

For コウ, imagine a doctor saying 'Cough!' during an examination, and the patient tenses up: cough -> コウ, while the focus is on the anus.