臓
entrails, viscera, bowels
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
20 of 90- 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
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.