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臍
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脐
🇨🇳

abdominal area of crab

HSK 10
Human →Body →Muscles
qí
セイ、サイ
へそ、ほぞ
제
Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (臍)
月 month+ 齊 identical =
臍 abdominal area of crab
月 Meaning component
yuè month
moon
齊 Phonetic component
identical
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Simplified (脐)
⺼ meat (side)+ 齐 equal =
脐 abdominal area of crab
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
齐 Phonetic component
qí equal
even, uniform, of equal length
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Notes
Similar Characters
刖 cutting off feet塍 Path A Raised Path外 outside炙 broil钥 lock (simp)亙 extend across (trad)明 bright望 expect朝 dynasty朐 warm (6710)朔 first day of lunar month朗 lucent朞 full year期 period of time朦 dim朧 moon (trad)潸 tears甩 fling肖 resemble胧 condition or appearance (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
臍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
脐 / 臍 [qí]
navel
Japanese
臍 、 𦜝 (rare) へそ 、 ほぞ 、 ヘソ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana navel; belly button
  2. usually kana protrusion or depression in the middle of an object
  3. usually kana center; centre; most important part; main point
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
脐带 [qí​dài] #15,103
umbilical cord
肚脐 [dù​qí] #14,813
navel
脐橙 [qí​chéng] #28,899
navel orange
肚脐眼 [dù​qí​yǎn] #31,235
navel
种脐 [zhǒng​qí] #65,479
hilum
瓜脐 [guā​qí]
the umbilicus of a melon
腽肭脐 [wà​nà​qí]
penis and testes of fur seal (used in TCM)
脐屎 [qí​shǐ]
newborn baby's excrement (meconium)
脐梗 [qí​gěng]
umbilical cord
脐轮 [qí​lún]
manipūra or manipura, the solar plexus chakra 查克拉, residing in the upper abdomen
JAPANESE WORDS (34)
⭐ 臍 [へそ] #27,180
navel
へそを曲げる [へそをまげる] #39,692
to (go into a) sulk
へその緒 [へそのお] #61,898
umbilical cord
へそ曲がり [へそまがり] #69,456
perverseness
臍を噛む [ほぞをかむ] #83,488
to regret bitterly
お臍 [おへそ] #94,407
navel
臍帯 [さいたい] #110,324
umbilical cord
臍下丹田 [せいかたんでん] #127,473
pit of the stomach
臍帯血 [さいたいけつ] #133,691
umbilical cord blood
臍下 [せいか] #141,841
lower abdomen
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