U+81D3 "臓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+81D3 "臓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese and Japanese character that primarily means "internal organ" or "viscera," specifically referring to the solid organs of the body, such as the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, in traditional East Asian medicine. It is composed of the radical 月 (meat or flesh) on the left, indicating its bodily association, and the phonetic component 藏 (meaning "to store" or "to hide") on the right, reflecting the idea of organs as repositories of vital substances. In modern usage, this character appears in medical terminology, personal names, and common words like 臓器 (zōki, meaning "organ" in Japanese) and 肝臓 (kanzō, meaning "liver"). Its pronunciation varies across languages, being "zàng" in Mandarin Chinese and "zō" in Japanese, and it is classified under the Kangxi radical 130 (肉).