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臍 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「月」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「月」
On
セイ・サイせい・さい · sei · sai
Kun
へそ・ほぞheso · hozo
Meaning
the navel

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Flesh 月 with 齊, even, as phonetic: the navel at the belly’s centre.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 臍へそ

    the navel

  • 臍を噬むほぞをかむ

    to regret bitterly

More words with this kanji

  • 噬臍の悔いぜいせいのくい
  • 膃肭臍おっとせい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

臍(へそ)を噬(か)んでも取(と)り返(かえ)せない。

Regret it as they may, it cannot be taken back.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

臍を噬む臍噬to bit…肚the be…肛the an…肭plump肬a wart胥togeth…犲a jack…洒to was…穽a pitf…砌the st…豺a jack…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 月Map of reading セイAll maps

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