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腸 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「月」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「月」
On
チョウちょう · chō
Kun
—
Meaning
intestines; bowels

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

月 "body" plus 昜 "to extend"; the long organ that carries food along — hence "intestines."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチョウちょうchō腸炎ちょうえん大腸だいちょう胃腸いちょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 大腸だいちょう

    large intestine

  • 小腸しょうちょう

    small intestine

More words with this kanji

  • 胃腸いちょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

野菜(やさい)は腸(ちょう)のはたらきを助(たす)ける。

Vegetables help the work of the intestines.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

大腸小腸腸大big小small肺lungs背back朗bright胸chest脳brain庁govern…頂summit潮tide丁block弔condol…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 月Map of reading チョウAll maps

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