Meaning & readings
entrails, viscera, bowels
On’yomi ゾウ
Kun’yomi はらわた
Origin
The character 臓 combines the component 月, which classifies characters related to the body and flesh, with 蔵 on the right side. The 蔵 component serves as a sound hint, telling you roughly how to pronounce the character (ゾウ), rather than contributing to its meaning. Together, the body-related classifier with this sound indicator creates a character meaning the internal organs and entrails, since these are flesh-based body parts that fit under the 月 classification.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 19
- Kangxi radical
- 130
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Grade 6 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #991 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+081D3