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Kanji Detail for 胃 - "stomach"

胃

  • Meaning

    胃 means "stomach." Also associated with to digest.

    1. Stomach - The digestive organ.

    2. Digestion - The process of breaking down food.

  • Words using 胃

    • 胃腸 いちょう Listen stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs

  • Tattoo check: 胃

    • Verified meaning: stomach
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to digest

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    stomach; paunch; crop; craw

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stomach; gizzard of fowl; 17th lunar mansion, determinative star 35 Arietis

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    stomach

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The organ that receives food. Below the diaphragm. Pouch-shaped. Connected to the esophagus above. Leading to the small intestine below. It digests food through contraction and expansion. Hence colloquially appetite is called 胃口. | A star name. One of the twenty-eight mansions.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    i(イ) イ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

  • Related Keywords

    stomach to digest absorption acid appetite diet enzymes food gastric gut intestines organ digestion nausea ulcer

Sentences including 胃

  • Could you send up some stomach medicine?

  • I have a stomachache , doctor.

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