Chinese symbol for “rectum”
直肠
zhí cháng
Traditional: 直腸
rectum (anatomy)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rectum is 直肠 (zhí cháng), defined as: rectum (anatomy).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rectum”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 直肠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
| 直到 | zhí dào | until |
| 直播 | zhí bō | (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast |
| 简直 (簡直) | jiǎn zhí | simply; really |
| 直升机 (直升機) | zhí shēng jī | helicopter; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 肠道 (腸道) | cháng dào | intestines; gut |
| 香肠 (香腸) | xiāng cháng | sausage; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rectum”.
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.