Chinese Word Entry
六腑| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | liù fǔ |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | luk6 fu2 |
| Definition: | (TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽〔胆〕[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸〔大肠〕[da4 chang2], small intestine 小腸〔小肠〕[xiao3 chang2], triple heater 三焦[san1 jiao1], bladder 膀胱[pang2 guang1] |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 六 | six, number six |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄌㄧㄡˋ (liù), ㄌㄨˋ (lù) |
| Cantonese: | luk6 |
| Japanese: | ロク (roku)、 リク (riku) / む (mu)、 む.つ (mutsu)、 むっ.つ (muttsu)、 むい (mui)、 むたび (mutabi) |
| Korean: | 륙 (ryug), 육 (yug) |
| Vietnamese: | lục |
| 腑 | viscera, bowels, entrails, internal organs |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄨˇ (fǔ) |
| Cantonese: | fu2 |
| Japanese: | フ (fu) / はらわた (harawata) |
| Korean: | 부 (bu) |
| Vietnamese: | phủ |
