CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- chang2
- English meanings
- intestines, old variant of 腸|肠[chang2]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left ⺼; right 昜.
Meaning & sound clues
⺼ is identified as the meaning component, associated with “flesh”.
昜 is identified as the sound component (yáng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 肠.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
advocate; initiate
repay; compensate
mill
sing
taste; try
measure word (events)
field; place; scene
used in 嫦娥
ever
often
open; spacious
prosperous
rampant; wild
smooth; fluent
intestine; guts
Example sentences
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Related words
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