腸 – intestines, guts, bowels

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The kanji 腸 means intestines, guts, bowels, viscera. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ (chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はらわた、わた (harawata, wata). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
Kun’yomi	はらわた	harawata
Kun’yomi	わた	wata

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 一・月・日・勿.

Words using 腸

腸ちょうintestine

Example sentences

腸の具合が悪い。

I have trouble with my bowels.

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Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.