臓

See also: 臟

臓 U+81D3, 臓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81D3 ← 臒 [U+81D2] CJK Unified Ideographs 臔 → [U+81D4]

Translingual

Traditional	臟
Shinjitai	臓
Simplified	脏

Han character

臓 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+14 in Chinese, 肉+15 in Japanese, 18 strokes in Chinese, 19 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 月廿戈尸 (BTIS), composition ⿰月蔵)

1. internal organs, viscera

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 998, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29995
• Dae Jaweon: page 1448, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2120, character 5
• Unihan data for U+81D3

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 臓 – see 臟 (“internal organs; viscera; intestines; guts”). (This character is a variant form of 臟).

Japanese

Shinjitai	臓
Kyūjitai	臟

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 臟 (藏 → 蔵).

In current form Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic ⺼ (“body”) + phonetic 蔵 – a kind of body part.

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 臓

臓

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 臟)

1. entrails

Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō, Jōyō)^{←ざう (zau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: はらわた (harawata, 臓)

Compounds

• 心(しん)臓(ぞう) (shinzō)