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肚
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

belly

HSK 4
Human →Body →Body Parts
dù
ト
はら
두
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 土 represents the sound.
Components
⺼ meat (side)+ 土 earth =
肚 belly
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
土 Phonetic component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
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Notes
Similar Characters
媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肛 anus肜 to sacrifice on肝 liver肟 an organic compound肠 emotions (simp)股 thigh肢 limb肤 superficial (simp)肩 shoulder肪 animal fat肫 the gizzard of a fowl肭 seal
Chinese
肚 [dǔ]
tripe
肚 [dù]
belly
Japanese
腹 、 肚 (rare) はら 同音

noun

  1. abdomen; belly; stomach
  2. womb
  3. one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive
  4. courage; nerve; willpower
  5. generosity; magnanimity
  6. feelings; emotions
  7. wide middle part; bulging part
  8. inside; interior; inner part
  9. physics anti-node

suffix

  1. counter for hard roe
  2. counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
カンガルーの雌は子供を腹の袋に入れて動く。
A female kangaroo carries its young in the pouch.
あの人は口と腹が反対だ。
He says one thing and means another.
CHINESE WORDS (76)
肚子 [dù​zi] #2,293
belly
肚皮 [dù​pí] #13,765
belly
拉肚子 [lā​dù​zi] #15,656
(coll.) to have diarrhea
肚脐 [dù​qí] #14,813
navel
肚脐 [dù​qí] #14,813
navel
大肚子 [dà​dù​zi] #19,246
pregnant
大肚 [Dà​dù] #29,959
Tatu township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái​zhōng​xiàn], Taiwan
闹肚子 [nào​dù​zi] #30,070
(coll.) to have diarrhea
闹肚子 [nào​dù​zi] #30,070
(coll.) to have diarrhea
肚脐眼 [dù​qí​yǎn] #31,235
navel
66 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
⭐ 腹 [はら] #1,056
abdomen
腹を据える [はらをすえる] #63,558
to make up one's mind
肚裏 [とり] #210,680
in the heart