JLPT N2 · 19 strokes
Kanji 臓: "entrails, viscera, bowels"
The kanji 臓 means "entrails, viscera, bowels". It is written with 19 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ゾウ in on'yomi and はらわた in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゾウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はらわた
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | entrails, viscera, bowels |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 19 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 991 of 2,501 |
Common words with 臓
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 心臓heart · guts; nerve; cheek; gall
- 内臓internal organs; viscera
- 心臓が止まるto have one's heart stop beating · to be shocked; to be staggered
- 心臓に悪いcausing concern; bad for the heart
- 臓器internal organs; viscera
- 肝臓liver
- 臓物entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
- 臓腑entrails
- 腎臓kidney
- 心臓部region of the heart; central part · heart (e.g. of a city); center
- 心の臓heart
- 心臓発作heart attack · to have a heart attack
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