懂中文 Dong Chinese

腸

cháng

intestines

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

昜 sound component

昜  Sound component

yáng

  

bright

Evolution

腸 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
腸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

肠 (腸) 

cháng

intestines; emotions; sausage

Most common words with 腸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肠

intestines

香肠

sausage

肠道

gut

肠子

intestines

肠胃

digestive system