腹

Translingual

Han character

腹 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月人日水 (BOAE), four-corner 7824₇, composition ⿰月复)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 990, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29722
• Dae Jaweon: page 1442, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2097, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8179

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Chinese

trad.		腹
simp. #		腹

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 腹
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (复) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
愎	*brɯɡ
鍑	*puɡs, *puɡ
覆	*pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ
復	*buɡs, *buɡ
椱	*buɡs, *buɡ
複	*buɡs, *puɡ
馥	*brɯɡ, *buɡ
腹	*puɡ
輹	*puɡ, *buɡ
蝮	*pʰuɡ
蕧	*pʰuɡ, *buɡ
复	*buɡ
鰒	*buɡ
澓	*buɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *puɡ) : semantic ⺼ (“meat, body”) + phonetic 复 (OC *buɡ) – a part of the body.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *puːk ~ buːk (“cave”). Cognate with 𥨍 (“cave”), Proto-Tibeto-Burman *d-puːk (“belly; vitals; hollow object; cave”), whence Tibetan ཕུག་པ (phug pa, “cavern; cave”), Mizo puːk (“cave”), Ao [Term?] ([tə]-puk làŋ, “abdomen; belly”), Proto-Bodo-Garo *bi(ʔ)-buk (“guts”).

According to Schuessler (2007), this etymon also occurs in Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ពោះ (pŭəh, “belly”), Khasi kpoh (“belly”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 腹

1. (anatomy) belly; abdomen
2. (figurative) belly-shaped object; belly (of a bottle, jar, etc.)
3. (figurative) heart; mind
4. (figurative) inside; interior

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 肚子 (“belly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		腹
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		腹, 腹部, 肚子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	肚子
	Taiwan	肚子
	Langfang	肚子
	Ulanhot	肚子
	Tongliao	肚子
	Chifeng	肚子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	肚子
	Harbin	肚子
	Malaysia	肚子
	Singapore	肚子
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	肚子
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	肚子
	Cangzhou	肚子
	Baoding	肚子
	Shijiazhuang	肚子
	Jinan	肚子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	肚子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	肚子
	Daming	肚子
	Wanrong	肚子
	Zhengzhou	肚
	Xi'an	肚子
	Xining	肚子
	Xuzhou	肚子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	肚子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	肚子
	Bayanhot	肚子
	Lanzhou	肚子
	Ürümqi	肚子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	肚皮, 肚子
	Wuhan	肚子
	Guiyang	肚皮
	Guilin	肚子
	Liuzhou	肚子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	肚子
	Yangzhou	肚子
	Nantong	肚子
	Hefei	肚子
	Huanggang	肚子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	肚
	Hong Kong	肚
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	肚
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	肚
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	肚胈
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	肚胈
	Macau	肚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	肚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	肚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	肚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	肚
	Foshan	肚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	肚
	Foshan (Shunde)	肚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	肚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	肚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	肚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	肚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	肚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	屎肚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	肚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	肚
	Taishan	肚
	Kaiping (Chikan)	肚
	Enping (Niujiang)	肚
	Heshan (Yayao)	肚
	Dongguan	屎肚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	肚
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	肚胈
	Qingyuan	肚
	Fogang	肚
	Yingde (Hanguang)	肚胈
	Yangshan	肚
	Lianshan (Butian)	肚
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	肚
	Shaoguan	肚
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	肚
	Renhua	肚
	Lechang	肚
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	肚
	Sihui	肚
	Guangning	肚
	Deqing	肚
	Huaiji	肚
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	肚
	Yunfu	肚
	Xinxing	肚
	Luoding	肚
	Yunan (Pingtai)	肚
	Yangjiang	肚
	Xinyi	肚
	Lianjiang	肚
	Nanning	肚
	Wuzhou	肚
	Yulin	屎肚
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	肚煲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	肚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	肚
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	肚
	Mandalay (Taishan)	肚
Gan	Nanchang	肚子
	Lichuan	肚仔, 肚
	Pingxiang	肚子
	Jianning	肚
	Taining	腹屎
Hakka	Meixian	肚屎, 肚
	Xingning	肚胈
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	肚胈, 肚屎
	Huidong (Daling)	肚胈
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	肚胈
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	肚胈
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	肚胈
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	肚胈
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	肚屎, 肚胈
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	肚胈, 肚屎
	Wuhua (Changbu)	肚胈
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	肚屎
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	肚胈
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	肚屎
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	屎肚
	Liannan	肚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	肚胈
	Jiexi	肚屎
	Luhe	肚屎
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	食肚
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	腹肚
	Changting	腹屎
	Shanghang	肚屎
	Longyan (Yongding)	肚
	Wuping	肚屎
	Wuping (Yanqian)	肚屎
	Wuping (Pingyu)	肚屎
	Liancheng	腹屎
	Ninghua	腹屎
	Qingliu	腹屎
	Yudu	屎肚
	Ningdu	肚籮
	Ruijin	肚籮, 肚屎
	Shicheng	肚籮, 肚
	Shangyou (Shexi)	肚
	Tonggu (Sandu)	肚
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	肚
	Dayu	肚哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	肚屎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	肚屎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	肚屎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	肚屎
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屎肚, 肚屎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屎肚
	Hong Kong	肚胈
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	肚
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	肚
	Xinyi (Sihe)	肚
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	肚
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	肚
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	肚
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	肚
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	肚
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	肚屎
	Mengshan (Xihe)	肚胈
	Luchuan	肚
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	肚皮, 肚
	Sabah (Longchuan)	肚胈
	Senai (Huiyang)	肚胈
	Singkawang	肚屎
	Singapore (Meixian)	肚屎
	Singapore (Dabu)	肚屎
Huizhou	Jixi	肚
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	肚
Jin	Taiyuan	肚子
	Xinzhou	肚子
	Taibus (Baochang)	肚
	Linhe	肚子
	Jining	肚
	Hohhot	肚
	Baotou	肚
	Dongsheng	肚子
	Haibowan	肚子
	Zhangjiakou	肚子
	Handan	肚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	腹
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	腹肚
	Songxi	腹肚
	Zhenghe	腹
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	腹鹵
	Jianyang	腹
	Wuyishan	腹
	Pucheng (Shibei)	腹屎, 腹仔, 腹肚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	腹肚
	Fuzhou (Changle)	腹肚
	Lianjiang	腹肚
	Fuqing	腹肚
	Pingtan	腹肚
	Yongtai	腹肚
	Minqing	腹肚
	Gutian	腹肚
	Pingnan	腹肚
	Luoyuan	腹肚
	Fu'an	腹肚
	Ningde	腹肚
	Xiapu	腹肚
	Zherong	腹肚
	Shouning	腹肚
	Zhouning	腹肚
	Fuding	腹肚
	Matsu	腹肚
Southern Min	Xiamen	腹肚
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	腹肚
	Quanzhou	腹肚
	Jinjiang	腹肚
	Nan'an	腹肚
	Shishi	腹肚
	Hui'an	腹肚
	Anxi	腹肚, 食肚
	Yongchun	腹肚
	Dehua	腹肚
	Zhangzhou	腹肚
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	腹肚
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	腹肚
	Hua'an	腹肚
	Nanjing	腹肚
	Pinghe	腹肚
	Zhangpu	腹肚
	Yunxiao	腹肚
	Zhao'an	腹肚
	Dongshan	腹肚
	Taipei	腹肚
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	腹肚
	Kaohsiung	腹肚
	Yilan	腹肚
	Changhua (Lukang)	腹肚
	Taichung	腹肚
	Taichung (Wuqi)	腹肚
	Tainan	腹肚
	Taitung	腹肚
	Hsinchu	腹肚
	Kinmen	腹肚
	Penghu (Magong)	腹肚
	Penang (Hokkien)	腹肚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	腹肚
	Manila (Hokkien)	腹肚
	Longyan	屎肚
	Zhangping	腹肚
	Datian	腹肚
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	肚, 屎肚
	Chaozhou	肚
	Shantou	屎肚, 肚
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	肚
	Jieyang	屎肚, 肚
	Haifeng	肚
	Bangkok (Teochew)	肚
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	肚
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	肚
	Singapore (Teochew)	肚
	Leizhou	肚
	Wenchang	肚屎
	Haikou	肚, 肚屎
	Singapore (Hainanese)	肚
Puxian Min	Putian	腹肚
	Xianyou	腹肚
Central Min	Yong'an	腹屎
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	腹屎
	Sanming (Shaxian)	腹屎
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	腹屎
	Guangze	腹
	Jiangle	腹屎
	Mingxi	腹屎
	Shunchang	腹屎
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	肚腩, 肚
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	肚腩
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	肚
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	肚子
Shehua	Fu'an	肚屎
	Fuding	肚屎
	Luoyuan	肚屎
	Guixi (Zhangping)	肚
	Cangnan	肚屎
	Jingning (Hexi)	肚屎
	Lishui	肚屎
	Longyou	肚屎
	Chaozhou	肚
	Fengshun	肚屎
Wu	Shanghai	肚皮
	Shanghai (Chongming)	肚皮
	Suzhou	肚皮
	Wuxi	肚皮
	Danyang	肚皮
	Hangzhou	肚皮
	Ningbo	肚皮
	Wenzhou	肚
	Jinhua	肚皮, 肚
	Pucheng	腹肚
Xiang	Changsha	肚子
	Loudi	肚子
	Shuangfeng	肚子

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Japanese

Kanji

腹

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. abdomen
2. belly
3. stomach

Readings

• Go-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
• Kun: はら (hara)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 一(いっ)腹(ぷく) (ippuku): one litter; one clutch (of eggs)
• 割(かっ)腹(ぷく) (kappuku): disembowelment
• 空(くう)腹(ふく) (kūfuku): hunger
• 山(さん)腹(ぷく) (sanpuku): mountainside
• 私(し)腹(ふく) (shifuku): his own profit
• 切(せっ)腹(ぷく) (seppuku): harakiri
• 鱈(たら)腹(ふく) (tarafuku): to one's heart's content
• 腹(ふく)腔(くう) (fukukū): abdominal cavity
• 腹(ふく)話(わ)術(じゅつ) (fukuwajutsu): ventriloquism
• 腹(ふっ)筋(きん) (fukkin): abdominal muscles
• 満(まん)腹(ぷく) (manpuku): a glut

Kanji in this term
腹
はら Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Noun

腹(はら) • (hara) 

1. belly

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 自(じ)腹(ばら) (jibara): paying by himself (without someone's treat)
• 白(しろ)腹(はら) (shirohara): pale thrush
• 腹(はら)切(き)り (harakiri): harakiri
• 腹(はら)芸(げい) (haragei): a skill of conveying emotion without speech
• ビール腹(ばら) (bīrubara)

See also

• お腹(なか) (onaka), 御(お)腹(なか) (onaka), 御(お)中(なか) (onaka)

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Korean

Hanja

腹 (eumhun 배 복 (bae bok))

1. Hanja form^? of 복 (“belly, abdomen, stomach”).

Compounds

• 腹式呼吸 (복식호흡, boksikhoeup)
• 腹筋 (복근, bokgeun)
• 腹部 (복부, bokbu)
• 腹膜 (복막, bokmak)
• 腹水 (복수, boksu)
• 腹背 (복배, bokbae)
• 腹腔 (복강, bokgang)
• 腹臟 (복장, bokjang)
• 腹節 (복절, bokjeol)
• 腹話術 (복화술, bokhwasul)
• 腹案 (복안, bokahn)
• 腹誹 (복비, bokbi)
• 腹壁 (복벽, bokbyeok)
• 腹上死 (복상사, boksangsa)
• 腹心 (복심, boksim)
• 空腹 (공복, gongbok)
• 心腹 (심복, simbok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 腹 (phúc, phục, phuốc)

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