삼초

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 三焦

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠mt͡ɕʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [삼초]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	samcho
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	samcho
McCune–Reischauer?	samch'o
Yale Romanization?	samcho

Noun

삼초 • (samcho) (hanja 三焦)

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) triple burner. Further divided into 상초(上焦) (sangcho), 중초(中焦) (jungcho) and 하초(下焦) (hacho); literally all the internal organs in the body.