腹

音読おんよみ: フク

訓読くんよみ: はら

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: にくづき(⺼)

Meaning

Stomach / Belly / Abdomen / Gut

  • 空腹くうふく — hunger
  • 腹痛ふくつう — stomachache
  • 腹筋ふっきん — abdominal muscles
  • 満腹まんぷく — full stomach
  • 腹黒はらぐろい — scheming; evil-minded
  • 腹部ふくぶ — abdomen
  • はらてる — to get angry
  • 腹話術ふくわじゅつ — ventriloquism

The kanji uses the flesh radical ⺼ and the phonetic element “復.” Literally “belly/abdomen,” it also points to one’s inner feelings or resolve, as in はらめる (to make up one’s mind) and はらてる (to get angry).

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