肛
anus
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
20 of 22- 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
Study
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.