肠

intestines

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #901 U+80A0

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 昜 (phonetic, yáng)

components: ⺼昜

intestines · Heisig RSH #1754

part of the body + piglets

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 昜

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 昜 (yáng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
昜 sound component	yáng	bright, glorious; to expand, to open up
场	chǎng	field, open space; market, square; stage
汤	tāng	soup, gravy, broth; hot water
扬	yáng	to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise
畅	chàng	freely, smoothly; unrestrained
殇	shāng	to die young; national mourning
疡	yáng	sore, ulcer; infection
觞	shāng	wine cup; to propose a toast; feast
炀	yáng	to scorch, to roast, to melt
饧	xíng	syrup, molasses, malt sugar; sticky

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
花花肠子	huā huā cháng zi	(slang) a cunning plot
海肠子	hǎi cháng zi	(coll.) marine worm resembling intestines such as the spoon worm (echiuroid) or the peanut…
铁石心肠	tiě shí xīn cháng	to have a heart of stone; hard-hearted; unfeeling
热心肠	rè xīn cháng	warmhearted; willing to help others
直肠子	zhí cháng zi	(coll.) forthright person
大肠包小肠	dà cháng bāo xiǎo cháng	small sausage in large sausage (pork sausage stuffed inside a glutinous rice sausage, a Ta…
羊肠小道	yáng cháng xiǎo dào	road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road; fig. complicated and…
十二指肠	shí èr zhǐ cháng	duodenum
肠病毒	cháng bìng dú	enterovirus
大肠	dà cháng	the large intestine
肠子	cháng zi	intestines
心肠	xīn cháng	heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood
香肠嘴	xiāng cháng zuǐ	swollen lips; overly plump lips
小肠	xiǎo cháng	small intestine
海肠	hǎi cháng	penis fish; fat innkeeper worm (Urechis unicinctus)
肠道	cháng dào	intestines; gut
肠毒素	cháng dú sù	enterotoxins
红肠	hóng cháng	saveloy
空肠	kōng cháng	jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸\|十二指肠[shi2 er4 …
肠管	cháng guǎn	intestine; gut