肠 cháng intestines
intestines; sausage
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
肠 = 月 meat + 𠃓 sunny
- 月 meat meaning
- 𠃓 sunny sound
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 came to be
The flesh gives the meaning and the sign for sunny gives the sound.
用法
- 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.