intestines, guts, bowels, viscera
腸 centers on the internal digestive tubes: the intestines, guts, bowels, and viscera. All meanings refer to the same coiled, tubular organs inside the abdomen.
腸 combines the flesh radical ⺼ (body part) with 昜, which likely contributes the sound チョウ and may have originally depicted something stretched or extended, fitting the long, coiled shape of intestines.
The flesh radical ⺼ on the left indicates a body part, and the right side 昜 looks like a stretched, coiled tube. Picture the long, winding intestines inside your belly.
For チョウ, imagine a long intestine stretching like a chō (ちょー) long tube: the exaggerated length cues チョウ, and the tube shape matches the guts.
intestine; bowel
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
large intestine; large bowel; colon
enema
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
rectum
cecum; caecum; blind gut
small intestine
duodenum
digestive tract
colon
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
intestinal obstruction; ileus
typhoid fever; typhoid
medicine for treating digestive disorders (e.g. antidiarrheals, probiotics); gastrointestinal drug
sigmoid colon
sigmoid colon
carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae; CRE
vancomycin resistant enterococci; VRE
superior mesenteric artery syndrome