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上焦

shàng jiāo

2-character word

What 上焦 means

1. (TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, including the heart and lungs)

The characters in 上焦

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 焦jiāoburnt; scorched; charred

Sounds the same

Read shàng jiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 上交to hand over to; to give to higher authority; to seek connections in high places