五臓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	臓
ご Grade: 1	ぞう Grade: 6
goon

Alternative spelling
五臟 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literary Chinese 五臓

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごぞー [gòzóó] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) ごぞー [góꜜzòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞zo̞ː]

Noun

五(ご)臓(ぞう) • (gozō) ^{←ござう (gozau)^?}

(traditional Chinese medicine) the five zang (classes of "yin", solid organs)
Holonym: 五臓六腑

Meronyms: 肝臓 (kanzō, “liver”), 心臓 (shinzō, “heart”), 腎臓 (jinzō, “kidneys”), 肺臓 (haizō, “lungs”), 脾臓 (hizō, “spleen”)

Coordinate term: 六腑 (roppu)

See also

五(ご)体(たい) (gotai)

References

“五臓”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025