The kanji 臓 generally refers to internal organs, especially the vital organs within the body. It represents the body's core functions and life-sustaining components.

・On-yomi (音読み): ゾウ (zou) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None, as the meaning is often conveyed through compound words.

⚫︎ 内臓 (naizou) Translation: Internal organs. ⚫︎ 心臓 (shinzou) Translation: Heart. ⚫︎ 臓器 (zouki) Translation: Internal organ.

The kanji 臓 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phonetic-semantic compound. It combines the radical 月 (tsuki/getsu), which depicts flesh or the body (often referring to the body parts, in this case, the organs), with the phonetic component 蔵 (zou), which conveys the sound and also implies something stored or held within. Thus, 臓 visually and conceptually depicts the internal organs "stored" or held within the body. The "肉" (niku) or "月" (tsuki) radical is a common component in kanji related to the body and its functions.