cháng

intestines

Radical: ⺼ HSK 5 n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

肠 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 肠

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 肠.

回肠
huí cháng
ileum (segment of small intestine between the jejunum 空腸|空肠[kong1 chang2] and appendix 盲腸|盲肠[mang2 chang2])
大肠
dà cháng
the large intestine
小肠
xiǎo cháng
small intestine
心肠
xīn cháng
heart
愁肠
chóu cháng
anxiety
断肠
duàn cháng
heartbroken
海肠
hǎi cháng
润肠
rùn cháng
灌肠
guàn cháng
enema
烤肠
kǎo cháng
热肠
rè cháng
warm hearted
盲肠
máng cháng
appendix (anatomy)

Related characters (radical ⺼)

Characters that share the radical .

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