Chinese symbol for “colon”
结肠
jié cháng
Traditional: 結腸
colon (large intestine)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for colon is 结肠 (jié cháng), defined as: colon (large intestine).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “colon”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 结肠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 结果 (結果) | jiē guǒ | to bear fruit |
| 结束 (結束) | jié shù | to end; to finish; to conclude |
| 结构 (結構) | jié gòu | structure; composition |
| 结合 (結合) | jié hé | to combine; to link |
| 结婚 (結婚) | jié hūn | to marry; to get married |
| 肠道 (腸道) | cháng dào | intestines; gut |
| 香肠 (香腸) | xiāng cháng | sausage; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 肠胃 (腸胃) | cháng wèi | stomach and intestine; digestive system |
See also: Japanese symbol for “colon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.