腎
kidney
Readings
On'yomi
- ジン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
腎 centers on the kidney, the organ that filters and regulates fluids in the body.
Most common words using 腎
20 of 49- 腎臓じんぞう
kidney
- 腎じん
kidney
- 副腎ふくじん
suprarenal body; adrenal glands
- 腎盂じんう
renal pelvis
- 腎不全じんふぜん
kidney failure; renal failure
- 腎炎じんえん
nephritis; inflammation of the kidneys
- 副腎不全ふくじんふぜん
adrenal insufficiency
- 副腎白質ジストロフィーふくじんはくしつジストロフィー
adrenoleukodystrophy; ALD
- 副腎皮質ふくじんひしつ
adrenal cortex
- 副腎皮質ホルモンふくじんひしつホルモン
adrenocortical hormone; adrenal cortex hormone
- 副腎皮質刺激ホルモンふくじんひしつしげきホルモン
adrenocorticotropic hormone; adrenocorticotrophic hormone; ACTH
- 副腎髄質ふくじんずいしつ
adrenal medulla
- 副腎髄質ホルモンふくじんずいしつホルモン
adrenal medullary hormone
- 右腎うじん
right kidney
- 国際腎臓学会こくさいじんぞうがっかい
International Society of Nephrology; ISN
- 左腎さじん
left kidney
- 急性腎不全きゅうせいじんふぜん
acute renal failure
- 急性腎盂腎炎きゅうせいじんうじんえん
acute pyelonephritis
- 水腎症すいじんしょう
hydronephrosis
- 米国腎臓学会べいこくじんぞうがっかい
American Society of Nephrology; ASN
Study
Etymology
腎 combines 臤 (a phonetic component carrying the sound) with 月 (flesh/organ), indicating a body part related to the sound ジン. The exact historical development of 臤 is uncertain, but the character is a standard phono-semantic compound for 'kidney'.
Meaning mnemonic
The top part 臤 looks like a sturdy frame, and the bottom 月 is flesh. Picture a sturdy, bean-shaped organ made of flesh filtering your blood: that's the kidney.
Reading mnemonic
For ジン, imagine a kidney-shaped bottle of gin: gin -> ジン. The kidney filters your body like a bartender strains gin.