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臓

Internal Organs
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingゾウ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6Level 34

Meanings

  1. internal organs
  2. entrailsRtK
  3. viscera
  1. bowels

Homonyms

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Same reading (ぞう)
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Popular Usage

心臓

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · storehouse · flowers (艹) · parade · retainer · slave

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 914

Compound words

心臓しんぞう
heart; guts; nerve; cheek; gall
肝臓かんぞう
liver
腎臓じんぞう
kidney
臓器ぞうき
internal organs; viscera
内臓ないぞう
internal organs; viscera
心臓病しんぞうびょう
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
五臓ごぞう
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
臓物ぞうもつ
entrails
臓腑ぞうふ
entrails
肺臓はいぞう
lungs
脾臓ひぞう
spleen
膵臓すいぞう
pancreas
心臓部しんぞうぶ
central part
腎臓炎じんぞうえん
kidney inflammation
腎臓病じんぞうびょう
kidney disease
膵臓炎すいぞうえん
pancreatitis
膵臓癌すいぞうがん
pancreatic cancer
膵臓痛すいぞうつう
pancreatic pain
五臓六腑ごぞうろっぷ
the five viscera and the six internal organs
腎臓結石じんぞうけっせき
kidney stone
臓器移植ぞうきいしょく
organ transplant
脾臓摘出ひぞうてきしゅつ
splenectomy
膵臓がんすいぞうがん
pancreatic cancer
膵臓ガンすいぞうがん
pancreatic cancer

Additional Examples

彼は舞台の上で心臓発作で倒れました。
He died of a heart attack on the stage.tatoeba
彼は突然心臓まひで死んだ。
He died quite suddenly of heart failure.tatoeba
彼は心臓発作で死んだ。
He died of a heart attack.tatoeba
彼は心臓外科の第一人者だ。
He is the foremost authority on heart surgery.tatoeba

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Internal organs. 月 (body) + 蔵 (storehouse) — what is stored inside the body. 心臓 — heart.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 臓

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