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Chinese
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ointment; paste
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region between heart and diaphragm
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| trad. (膏肓)
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膏
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肓
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| simp. #(膏肓)
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膏
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肓
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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膏
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肓
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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| No.
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3727
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12650
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Phonetic
component
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高
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亡
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Rime
group
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宵
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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髙
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荒
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Old
Chinese
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/*kaːw/
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/*hmaːŋ/
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Noun
膏肓
- (traditional Chinese medicine) fat region between the heart and the diaphragm (near the apex of the heart, a region which is regarded in traditional Chinese medicine as being unreachable by medicament); vital organs; finalized disease; finalized illness; suffering of the humans and hardships of the popular
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 膏肓 (MC kaw xwang).
Pronunciation
Noun
膏肓 • (kōkō) ←かうくわう (kaukwau)?
- vital organs
Etymology 2
Misreading of the 肓 kanji as 盲 (mō, “blind”).
Pronunciation
Noun
膏肓 • (kōmō) ←かうまう (kaumau)?
- (proscribed) Alternative form of 膏肓 (kōkō)
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