Memory phrase for the character: 腸

腸

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Meaning

intestines, bowels

Pronunciation

CHŌ
harawata

Explanation

Left: body part 月/肉, right: warm temperature with sunrise 旦/易 (sun 日, horizon 一, rays 勿)

Mnemonic


 
(The entrails of freshly hunted animal/game are warm.) The body's part that emits warmth are the intestines.

Radicals

肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.
旦 sun riseThe sun 日 rises above the horizon 一.
warming sun, easy, simpleShows the sunrise 旦 of the sun 日 over the ground 一 with the warming rays and indicates the warming at the beginning of the day.
勿 sunbeams
易 simple




 Vocabulary

腸 はらわた  guts, intestine
小腸 しょうちょう  small intestine
大腸 だいちょう  colon, large intestine, large bowel


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