also: よこし
noun
Anatomical term for the spleen. In everyday conversation, 脾臓 (ひぞう) is more common.
See also: 脾臓
脾は左上腹部にある臓器です。
The spleen is an organ located in the upper left abdomen.
Obsolete kana reading; not used in modern Japanese.
脾臓 is the more common and explicit term for 'spleen' in modern Japanese, while 脾 is a shorter, more technical or literary form.
The kanji 脾 is a phono-semantic compound with 月 (flesh/organ) and 卑 (low/humble), originally referring to the spleen. The reading ひ is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.