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Kotomora

臓

entrails, viscera, bowels

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes19

Readings

On'yomi

  • ゾウ

Kun'yomi

  • はらわた

Meaning

臓 centers on the internal organs of the body: the entrails, viscera, and bowels. It refers to the soft, vital parts inside the torso.

Most common words using 臓

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  • 心臓しんぞう
    N3

    heart

  • 肝臓かんぞう
    N1

    liver

  • 内臓ないぞう
    N1

    internal organs; viscera

  • 臓器ぞうき

    internal organs; viscera

  • 腎臓じんぞう

    kidney

  • 膵臓すいぞう

    pancreas

  • 脾臓ひぞう

    spleen

  • 臓物ぞうもつ

    entrails; giblets; tripe; offal

  • 臓ぞう

    viscera; bowels

  • 五臓六腑ごぞうろっぷ

    the five viscera and the six internal organs

  • 臓腑ぞうふ

    entrails

  • 心臓病しんぞうびょう

    heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy

  • すい臓がんすいぞうがん

    pancreatic cancer

  • スポーツ心臓スポーツしんぞう

    athlete's heart

  • ノミの心臓のみのしんぞう

    timidity; cowardice; courage of a flea

  • 五臓ごぞう

    the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

  • 人工心臓じんこうしんぞう

    artificial heart

  • 人工心臓弁じんこうしんぞうべん

    artificial heart valve

  • 人工臓器じんこうぞうき

    artificial internal organ

  • 内臓弓ないぞうきゅう

    visceral arch

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Study

Etymology

臓 combines the flesh radical ⺼ with 蔵, which likely contributes the sound ゾウ and carries a sense of storing or hiding, fitting the idea of organs stored inside the body.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side ⺼ is flesh, and the right side 蔵 suggests something stored away. Picture the internal organs as flesh stored inside the body's cavity.

Reading mnemonic

For ゾウ, imagine a zookeeper examining the entrails of an animal: zoo -> ゾウ, and the organs are stored inside.