腑
viscera, bowels
Readings
On'yomi
- フ
Kun'yomi
- はらわた
Meaning
腑 centers on the internal organs of the body, especially the digestive tract: the viscera or bowels.
Most common words using 腑
- 腑ふ
internal organ; viscera; gut
- 腑抜けふぬけ
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
- 五臓六腑ごぞうろっぷ
the five viscera and the six internal organs
- 臓腑ぞうふ
entrails
- 六腑ろっぷ
the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)
- 肺腑はいふ
lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point
- 胃の腑いのふ
stomach
- 腑に落ちないふにおちない
cannot understand; doesn't make sense; unconvincing; hard to swallow; doesn't ring true
- 腑に落ちるふにおちる
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
- 腑分けふわけ
dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination
- 腑抜けるふぬける
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
Study
Etymology
腑 combines ⺼ (flesh, body part) with 府, which likely contributes the sound フ. The character refers to internal organs.
Meaning mnemonic
The flesh radical ⺼ on the left hints at body parts, and 府 on the right looks like a storehouse. Picture the bowels as the body's internal storehouse for processing food.
Reading mnemonic
For フ, imagine a full stomach after eating: full -> フ, and the viscera are full of digested food.