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腸

intestines
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingはらわた、わた

Meanings

  1. intestinesRtK
    外科医は患者の盲腸を摘出した。The surgeon took out his patient's appendix.tatoeba
    浣腸をしました。I gave him an enema.tatoeba
  2. guts
  3. bowels
    腸の具合が悪い。I have trouble with my bowels.tatoeba
  4. viscera
  1. intestine
  2. bowel

Homonyms

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Radicals and components

Radical肉meat
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) · piggy bank · sun (日) · day (日) · piglets

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 583

Compound words

浣腸をしました。
I gave him an enema.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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