肠 cháng intestines
intestines; sausage
How to remember 肠: 月 meat + 𠃓 sunny = intestines. The butcher stuffs minced meat into sausage skins on a sunny market day, and the kids squeal when he says the skins are pig intestines.
Component breakdown
肠 = 月 meat + 𠃓 sunny
- 月 meat
- 𠃓 sunny
The butcher stuffs minced meat into sausage skins on a sunny market day, and the kids squeal when he says the skins are pig intestines.
How it is used
- The intestines - 大肠 (dàcháng) large intestine, 肠胃 (chángwèi) the gut/digestive system.
- Food sense: 香肠 (xiāngcháng) sausage, 腊肠 cured sausage, 火腿肠 a ham sausage.
- Figurative 'feelings/heart': 心肠 (xīncháng) heart/disposition (好心肠 kind-hearted), 断肠 heartbroken.
- 牵肠挂肚 (qiāncháng-guàdù) = to be deeply worried about someone.