膛 táng chest cavity
chest cavity; hollow space
怎么记住“膛”: 月 meat + 堂 hall = chest cavity. The butcher hangs a side of meat in the cold hall and shows the apprentice how to clean out the chest cavity.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
膛 = 月 meat + 堂 hall
- 月 meat meaning
- 堂 hall sound
- 𫩠 esteem
- 土 earth
The butcher hangs a side of meat in the cold hall and shows the apprentice how to clean out the chest cavity.
How it came to be
The flesh gives the meaning and the hall the sound; it is a later character, first found after the classical age.
用法
- A hollow cavity or chamber: 胸膛 (xiōngtáng) chest, 枪膛 (qiāngtáng) the bore/chamber of a gun, 炉膛 (lútáng) the inside of a furnace.
- Concrete and physical; picture the empty inner space of something.