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Chinese symbol for “intestines”

肠道
cháng dào
Traditional: 腸道
intestines; gut

The closest CC-CEDICT match for intestines is 肠道 (cháng dào), defined as: intestines; gut.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

肠 cháng
intestines; emotions; sausage
radical 130 ⾁ · 7 strokes
道 dào
method, way; path, road
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “intestines”

WordPinyinMeaning
肠 (腸)chángintestines
肠子 (腸子)cháng ziintestines

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肠道.

WordPinyinMeaning
香肠 (香腸)xiāng chángsausage; measure word: 根 (gēn)
肠胃 (腸胃)cháng wèistomach and intestine; digestive system
肠子 (腸子)cháng ziintestines
大肠 (大腸)dà chángthe large intestine
直肠 (直腸)zhí chángrectum (anatomy)
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
难道 (難道)nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?

See also: Japanese symbol for “intestines”.

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.

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