腸

intestines, guts, bowels, viscera

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

チョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

はらわたわた

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:13

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1807

Vocabulary

チョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
胃腸	イチョウ	stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
大腸	ダイチョウ	large intestine; large bowel; colon
盲腸	モウチョウ	cecum; caecum; blind gut; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
大腸菌	ダイチョウキン	Escherichia coli (E. coli); colon bacterium
十二指腸	ジュウニシチョウ	duodenum

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
大腸	おおわた	large intestine; large bowel; colon
腸	ちょう	intestine; bowel
結腸	けっちょう	colon
脱腸	だっちょう	abdominal hernia
断腸の思い	だんちょうのおもい	heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow

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