五臓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五 臓
ご
Grade: 1
ぞう
Grade: 6
goon
Alternative spelling
五臟 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literary Chinese 五臓

Pronunciation

Noun

五(ご)臓(ぞう) • (gozō) ←ござう (gozau)?

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) the five zang (classes of "yin", solid organs)
    Holonym: 五臓六腑
    Meronyms: 肝臓 (kanzō, “liver”), 心臓 (shinzō, “heart”), 腎臓 (jinzō, “kidneys”), 肺臓 (haizō, “lungs”), 脾臓 (hizō, “spleen”)
    Coordinate term: 六腑 (roppu)

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