삼초

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 三焦

    Pronunciation

    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.