膏肓
Chinese edit
ointment; paste | region between heart and diaphragm | ||
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trad. (膏肓) | 膏 | 肓 | |
simp. #(膏肓) | 膏 | 肓 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
膏肓
- (traditional Chinese medicine) fat region between the heart and the diaphragm (near the apex of the heart, a region which is regarded in traditional Chinese medicine as being unreachable by medicament); vital organs; finalized disease; finalized illness; suffering of the humans and hardships of the popular
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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膏 | 肓 |
こう Jinmeiyō |
こう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 膏肓 (MC kaw xwang).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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膏 | 肓 |
こう Jinmeiyō |
もう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
Misreading of the 肓 kanji as 盲 (mō, “blind”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (proscribed) Alternative form of 膏肓 (kōkō)