六腑

Japanese

Kanji in this term
六 腑
ろく > ろっ
Grade: 1
ふ > ぷ
Hyōgaiji
goon

Etymology

Literary Chinese 六腑

Pronunciation

Noun

六(ろっ)腑(ぷ) • (roppu) ←ろくふ (rokufu)?

  1. (collective, traditional Chinese medicine) the six fu (classes of "yang", hollow organs)
    Meronyms: 胃 (i, “stomach”), 三焦 (sanshō, “triple burner”), 小腸 (shōchō, “small intestine”), 大腸 (daichō, “large intestine”), 胆 (tan, “gallbladder”), 膀胱 (bōkō, “urinary bladder”)
    Coordinate term: 五臓 (gozō)
    Holonym: 五臓六腑
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