腸

腸 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月日一竹 (BAMH), four-corner 7622₇, composition ⿰月昜(GJK) or ⿰⺼昜(HTV))

• 𦼳, 𬛡

• 膓 (unorthodox form)
• 肠 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 990, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29721
• Dae Jaweon: page 1442, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2095, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8178

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'aŋ) : semantic 肉 (“body”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jaŋ ~ m-jaŋ (“large intestine”), whence Helambu Tibetan ནང་ཇུལ (nang jul, “viscera; guts; entrails”) and Chepang योङ्‌क्‍लीः (yoŋ-kliʔ, “intestine”) (STEDT).

Schuessler (2007) suggests it is also cognate with Tibetan ལོང་ཀ (long ka, “intestines; entrails; guts”).

Hong Kong Cantonese "penis"

Semantic loan from English sausage.

腸

1. (anatomy) intestine
2. (figurative) heart; emotions
3. sausage
4. (Cantonese) Short for 腸粉／肠粉 (“cheong fun”).

   蝦腸／虾肠 [Cantonese]  ―  haa¹ coeng^4-2   ―  cheong fun with shrimp

   叉腸／叉肠 [Cantonese]  ―  caa¹ coeng^4-2   ―  cheong fun with char siu

5. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) penis (Classifier: 條／条 c)

• (emotions):

• (penis):

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←ちやう (tyau, historical)}
• Kun: はらわた (harawata, 腸)、わた (wata, 腸)

• 腸(ちょう)管(かん) (chōkan)
• 胃(い)腸(ちょう) (ichō)
• 十(じゅう)二(に)指(し)腸(ちょう) (jūnishichō)
• 小(しょう)腸(ちょう) (shōchō)
• 大(だい)腸(ちょう) (daichō)
• 断(だん)腸(ちょう) (danchō)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wata.

• (Tokyo) わた (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

腸(わた) • (wata) 

1. (anatomy) the intestines

• 腸(はらわた) (harawata)

• → → . Compound of 腹 (hara, “stomach”) +‎ 腸 (wata, “intestines”).

• (Tokyo) はらわた (Nakadaka – )
• (Tokyo) はらわた (Heiban – )
• (Tokyo) はらわた (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

腸(はらわた) • (harawata) 

1. (anatomy) the large intestines
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki:

     脯 趺武友 乾肉薄折之曰脯也 大小腸 波良汙多

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō:

     大腸 中黄子云 大腸 音長 波良和太 [...] 爲傳送之府 [...] 膽者中正之官 脾胃者倉稟之官 大腸者傳道之官 小腸者受盛之官 [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (anatomy) intestines

/tyau/ → /tyoː/.

• (Tokyo) ちょー (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

腸(ちょう) • (chō) ^{←ちやう (tyau)?}

1. (anatomy) the intestines; the bowels
   • 1993 December 15 [1990 March 25], Sasaki, Noriko, 動(どう)物(ぶつ)のお医(い)者(しゃ)さん [The Veterinarian], 36th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 19:

     年(とし)頃(ごろ)の女(じょ)性(せい)が自(じ)分(ぶん)の腸(ちょう)なんか見(み)ていていいのだろうか

     Toshigoro no josei ga jibun no chō nan ka miteite ii no darō ka

     Is it okay for a woman of marriageable age to stare at her own guts?

• Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.
• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

From Middle Chinese 腸 (MC drjang).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

腸

Wikisource

腸 (eumhun 창자 장 (changja jang))

1. hanja form^? of ] (“intestine”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

腸: Hán Nôm readings: tràng, trường, trướng

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