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Kotomora

腔

body cavity

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • コウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

腔 centers on an enclosed hollow space within the body: a cavity. It refers to anatomical cavities such as the chest or abdominal cavity.

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Etymology

腔 combines the flesh radical ⺼ with 空 (empty, hollow), suggesting an empty space within the body. The component 空 likely contributes both sound and the idea of hollowness.

Meaning mnemonic

The flesh radical ⺼ on the left represents the body, and 空 on the right means empty. Picture an empty hollow space inside the body: a body cavity.

Reading mnemonic

For コウ, imagine a hollow body cavity echoing with a deep 'koh' sound: koh -> コウ, like the sound resonating in an empty space.