腸 — intestines, guts, bowels

ちょう腸 intestines

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+8178 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1807 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #583 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

intestines
guts
bowels
viscera

word

ちょう chou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

腸(ちょう) chou intestines

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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