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)?}

1. (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)