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腸 = 昜 + 月

腸 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “intestines”. It is built from 昜 (piggy bank) and 月 (month). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 583.

Keyword
intestines
RTK frame
583
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はらわた, わた
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
кишечник
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
腸 intestines

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 昜 piggy bank
  2. 月 month

How to find 腸 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “piggy bank” + “month”. 腸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 腸 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.