Chinese Character 腹 Meanings and components.

Form

腹

Meaning

腹 meaning[3] in English

Abdomen.

Stomach.

Belly.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 腹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and to go and … (复)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with BOAE

How to write 腹

To write腹fu4abdomen you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 复fu4to go … arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 复 = 腹

腹 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 腹 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 腹, looks as follow:

腹
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Abdomen . Stomach . Belly
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
复
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Go And Return . To Return . To Resume . To Return To A Normal Or Original State . To Repeat . Again . To Recover . To Restore . To Turn Over . To Reply . To Answer . To Reply To A Letter . To Retaliate . To Carry Out
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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