腸 meaning and stroke order
Intestines; emotions; sausage
How to write 腸, stroke by stroke
13 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 腸
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- intestines
How 腸 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Flesh.
⺼ gives the meaning and 昜 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺼ (meat), shared by 176 characters on this site.
How to remember 腸
腸 (cháng) is built from ⺼, the flesh radical, plus 昜, which gives the sound. Picture a long stretch of flesh inside the body, the intestines, with 昜 reminding you it sounds like 長 (cháng, long).
腸 is the traditional form; in simplified Chinese you will usually see 肠, as in the common words 香肠 (xiāngcháng, sausage) and 肠胃 (chángwèi, digestive system). It also appears in words about feelings, like 心肠 (xīncháng, heart or intention). Example: 他是个好心肠的人。(Tā shì gè hǎo xīncháng de rén.) He is a kind-hearted person.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 腸 with 場 (chǎng, field or place), which shares 昜 but uses the earth radical 土 instead of flesh ⺼. Also keep the tone rising: cháng, not chǎng.
Common words with 腸
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 香腸 | xiāngcháng | sausage | HSK 5 |
| 心腸 | xīncháng | heart; intention | HSK 7-9 |
| 臘腸 | làcháng | sausage | |
| 腸子 | chángzi | intestines | |
| 腸胃 | chángwèi | stomach and intestine; digestive system | |
| 鐵石心腸 | tiěshíxīncháng | to have a heart of stone; hard-hearted | |
| 直腸 | zhícháng | rectum (anatomy) | |
| 腸道 | chángdào | intestines; gut | |
| 飢腸轆轆 | jīchánglùlù | (idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry | |
| 灌腸 | guàncháng | enema; to give an enema |
Questions about 腸
How many strokes are in 腸?
腸 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 腸 mean?
腸 (cháng) means intestines; emotions; sausage. A common word with it is 香肠 (xiāngcháng), meaning "sausage".
How do you pronounce 腸?
腸 is pronounced cháng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 腸?
The radical of 腸 is ⺼, which carries the idea of "meat". Dictionaries list 腸 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 腸?
腸 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 肠, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why does a word for intestines also relate to emotions?
Chinese often links inner organs with feelings, so 心肠 (xīncháng) means someone's heart or intentions. The idiom 铁石心肠 (tiěshíxīncháng) describes a person with a heart of stone.
What is the difference between 香肠 and 腊肠?
Both mean sausage. 香肠 (xiāngcháng) is the general word, while 腊肠 (làcháng) usually refers to cured, dried Chinese-style sausage.