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Kanji Detail for 臍 - "navel, navel-shaped"
臍
- Meaning
臍 means "navel, navel-shaped."
Navel - The belly button.
Navel-shaped - Something with a depression like a navel.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
navel
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
abdominal area of crab; navel
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
navel; belly, underside
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
In the center of the abdominal surface. What a newborn child is connected to the placenta by is called 臍帶 (umbilical cord). Where the cord detaches is the 臍 (navel). All mammals have it. | The dimple on a crab's belly is called 臍. Females have round navels. Males have pointed navels. Also, depressed parts of objects are often called 臍. Such as the stem of a melon is called 瓜臍 (melon navel).
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