臓 means “internal organ”

ぞう · zou

Also: entrails, viscera, bowels

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はらわた

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゾウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 6 · 19 strokes

The story

Flesh (月) beside a storehouse (蔵): the body's own warehouses, packed in behind the ribs. 臓 names the organs: 心臓 is the heart, 肝臓 the liver, and the back of a Japanese driver's license has a box for 臓器提供, organ donation.

Used in 心臓 (shinzou, heart), 内臓 (naizou, internal organs), and 臓器 (zouki, organ)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.