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腸

Readings

Kana: チョウ、はらわた、わた
Romaji: chō, harawata, wata
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

intestines, guts, bowels, viscera

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  130
Frequency:  1807
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  1-4-9
Korean Reading:  jang
Chinese Reading:  chang2
Unicode:  8178
JIS:  4432

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1033
Nelson Index: 3798
New Nelson Index: 4849
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4b9.8
Four Corner Index: 7622.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 547
Gakken Index: 1087
Daikanwanjiten Index: 29721
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0348
Remembering the kanji Index: 544
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1680
Kodansha Compact Index: 1039
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 574
Kanji in Context Index: 1106
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 709
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 948
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 550
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 583
Essential Kanji Index: 810
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1307
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3951
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 676
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 611

Words

腸 (ちょう、はらわた、わた)
guts; bowels; intestines
胃腸 (いちょう)
stomach; gastrointestine
大腸菌 (だいちょうきん)
Escherichia coli (E. coli); colon bacterium
浣腸 (かんちょう)
(giving an) enema
十二指腸 (じゅうにしちょう)
duodenum
大腸 (だいちょう、おおわた)
large intestine; large bowel; colon
腸捻転 (ちょうねんてん)
volvulus; twisted loop in intestine
小腸 (しょうちょう)
small intestine
直腸 (ちょくちょう)
rectum
盲腸 (もうちょう)
appendix; cecum; caecum; blind gut; appendicitis
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