心臓

See also: 心臟 and 心脏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	臓
しん Grade: 2	ぞう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
心臟 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 心(しん) (shin, “heart”) + 臓(ぞう) (zō, “internal organ”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんぞー [shìńzóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩnd͡zo̞ː]

Noun

心(しん)臓(ぞう) • (shinzō) ^{←しんざう (sinzau)^?}

(anatomy) a heart
- 2012 October 5, “謝(しゃ)肉(にく)祭(さい)の地(じ)獄(ごく)馬(ば) [Carnival Hellsteed]”, in ラヴニカへの回帰 [Return to Ravnica], Wizards of the Coast:
  
  大(だい)好(こう)物(ぶつ)は砂(さ)糖(とう)漬(づ)けの手(て)と甘(あま)い心(しん)臓(ぞう)。
  Daikōbutsu wa satōzuke no te to amai shinzō.
  Its favorite treats are candied hands and sweet hearts.

Synonyms

ハツ (hatsu, “a heart of an animal used as a foodstuff”)
ハート (hāto, transliteration of English heart)
心(しん)の臓(ぞう) (shin no zō)

Derived terms

心(しん)臓(ぞう)病(びょう) (shinzōbyō): heart trouble
心(しん)臓(ぞう)部(ぶ) (shinzōbu): central part
心(しん)臓(ぞう)麻(ま)痺(ひ), 心(しん)臓(ぞう)まひ (shinzō mahi): cardioplegia
心(しん)臓(ぞう)移(い)植(しょく) (shinzō ishoku): heart transplantation
心(しん)臓(ぞう)発(ほっ)作(さ) (shinzō hossa): heart attack
心(しん)臓(ぞう)外(げ)科(か) (shinzō geka): heart surgery
心(しん)臓(ぞう)肥(ひ)大(だい) (shinzō hidai): enlargement of the heart
心(しん)臓(ぞう)弁(べん)膜(まく) (shinzō benmaku): heart valve
心(しん)臓(ぞう)弁(べん)膜(まく)症(しょう) (shinzō benmaku-shō): valvular disease of the heart
心(しん)臓(ぞう)マッサージ (shinzō massāji): heart massage
人(じん)工(こう)心(しん)臓(ぞう) (jinkō shinzō): artificial heart
スポーツ心(しん)臓(ぞう) (supōtsu shinzō): athlete's heart

See also

鼓(こ)動(どう) (kodō, “heartbeat”)
脈(みゃく) (myaku, “pulse”)
脈(みゃく)拍(はく) (myakuhaku, “pulsation”)
動(どう)悸(き) (dōki, “palpitations”)
心(しん)停(てい)止(し) (shinteishi, “cardiac arrest”)
心(しん)拍(ぱく)数(すう) (shinpakusū, “heart rate”)
心(しん)室(しつ) (shinshitsu, “cardiac ventricle”)
心(しん)房(ぼう) (shinbō, “cardiac atrium”)
心(しん)筋(きん) (shinkin, “myocardium”)
心(しん)膜(まく) (shinmaku, “pericardium”)
冠(かん)動(どう)脈(みゃく) (kandōmyaku, “coronary arteries”)
僧(そう)帽(ぼう)弁(べん) (sōbōben, “mitral valve”)
三(さん)尖(せん)弁(べん) (sansenben, “tricuspid valve”)
大(だい)動(どう)脈(みゃく)弁(べん) (daidōmyakuben, “aortic valve”)
肺(はい)動(どう)脈(みゃく)弁(べん) (haidōmyakuben, “pulmonary valve”)
心(こころ) (kokoro, “heart, mind, feelings”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN