Kanji Detail for 臍 - "navel, navel-shaped"

臍

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

臍 means "navel, navel-shaped."
1. Navel - The belly button.
2. Navel-shaped - Something with a depression like a navel.
Four-character idioms with 臍
- 臍下丹田せいかたんでん pit of the stomach
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).
Onyomi

sai(サイ)

sei(セイ)
Kunyomi

heso(へそ)

hozo(ほぞ)
Strokes

20 strokes
Radical

肉月 (niku・nikuzuki)
Related Keywords

navel navel-shaped belly button

彼は臍を固めて一世一代の大事業に乗り出した。
He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.
彼女は姑の気にさわるようなことを言わなければよかったと臍を噛んだ。
She bitterly regretted having said something that displeased her mother-in-law.
僕は、僕の母の胎内にいるとき、お臍の穴から、僕の生れる家の中を、覗いてみて、「こいつは、いけねえ」　と、思った。
When I was inside my mother's womb, I looked through my mother's navel at the house where I would be born and I thought: "No way I'm going there".