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Translingual
Han character
臍 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月卜難 (BYX), four-corner 70223, composition ⿰⺼齊)
- abdominal area of a crab
- navel
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 996, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29967
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2121, character 5
- Unihan data for U+81CD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 儕
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*zriːl
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| 麡
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*zriːl, *ʔsliːl, *zliːl
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| 齋
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*ʔsriːl
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| 穧
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*ʔsleds, *ʔsliːls, *zliːls
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| 擠
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*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
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| 躋
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*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
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| 齏
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*ʔsliːl
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| 齎
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*ʔsliːl, *ʔslil
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| 櫅
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*ʔsliːl
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| 齌
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*ʔsliːl, *sʰliːl, *zliːls
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| 隮
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*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
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| 賷
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*ʔsliːl
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| 虀
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*ʔsliːl
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| 濟
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*ʔsliːlʔ, *ʔsliːls
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| 癠
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*ʔsliːlʔ, *zliːl, *zliːlʔ, *zliːls
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| 霽
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*ʔsliːls
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| 齊
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*zliːl, *zliːls
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| 臍
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*zliːl
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| 蠐
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*zliːl, *zlil
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| 懠
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*zliːl, *zliːls
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| 薺
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*zliːlʔ, *zlil
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| 鱭
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*zliːlʔ
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| 嚌
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*zliːls
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| 劑
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*zliːls, *ʔslel
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| 齍
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*ʔslil
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zliːl) : semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls).
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-taj (“navel; abdomen; centre; self”) (Weidert, 1987; Schuessler, 2007), with metathesis of *s-t- > *dz- (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ལྟེ (lte, “navel”), Chepang तोय् (“navel”), and more distantly, Burmese လယ် (lai, “center, middle”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- châi - vernacular;
- chê - literary.
Note:
- zi4 - used in 肚臍;
- zi2 - used in 臍帶.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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臍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzej ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁj/
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| English
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navel
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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臍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10053
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Phonetic
component
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齊
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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齊
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Old
Chinese
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/*zliːl/
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Definitions
臍
- navel
- 露臍裝／露脐装 ― lùqízhuāng ― crop top
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
肚臍 (“navel; belly button”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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臍
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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肚臍
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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肚臍兒, 肚臍眼兒
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| Taiwan
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肚臍, 肚臍眼
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| Ulanhot
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肚臍眼
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| Tongliao
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肚臍眼
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| Chifeng
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肚臍兒
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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肚臍眼
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| Harbin
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肚臍眼兒, 肚臍子
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| Singapore
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肚臍
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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肚眼兒
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| Jinan
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脖臍, 脖臍眼兒
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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閉臍, 閉臍眼子
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| Qingdao
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肚臍眼兒, 腹臍眼兒
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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肚臍兒, 肚目臍兒
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| Wanrong
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不臍窩
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| Zhengzhou
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肚末臍兒
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| Xi'an
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脖臍窩兒
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| Xining
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蒲臍眼
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| Xuzhou
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肚眼兒, 肚眼子, 肚臍兒, 肚臍
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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肚母臍臍
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| Bayanhot
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肚母臍臍
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| Lanzhou
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肚母臍
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| Ürümqi
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肚目臍子
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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肚臍兒, 肚臍眼兒
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| Wuhan
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肚臍眼
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| Guiyang
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肚臍眼, 一分錢 humorous
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| Kunming
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肚臍眼兒
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| Guilin
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肚臍眼
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| Liuzhou
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肚臍眼, 肚臍
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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肚臍眼兒
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| Yangzhou
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肚臍子
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| Nantong
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肚臍眼兒
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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肚臍, 肚臍窿
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| Hong Kong
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肚臍, 肚臍窿
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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肚臍
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| Foshan
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肚臍
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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肚臍
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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肚臍
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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肚臍
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| Taishan
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肚臍
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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肚臍
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| Dongguan
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屎肚臍, 肚臍, 屎卜臍
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| Shaoguan
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肚臍
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| Yunfu
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肚臍
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| Xinyi
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肚臍
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| Lianjiang
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肚臍
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| Nanning
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肚臍
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| Wuzhou
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肚臍
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| Yulin
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肚臍
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
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肚臍
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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肚臍
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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肚臍眼
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| Lichuan
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肚胔眼
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| Pingxiang
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脖子眼, 肚絲眼
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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肚臍窟
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| Yudu
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肚臍, 肚臍眼
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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肚臍, 肚臍窟
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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肚臍, 肚臍窟
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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肚臍, 肚臍窟
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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肚臍, 肚臍窟
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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肚臍, 肚臍窟
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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腹臍, 腹臍窟
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| Hong Kong
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肚臍
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| Luchuan (Daqiao)
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肚臍眼
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| Senai (Huiyang)
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肚臍
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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肚臍
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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肚不臍
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| Xinzhou
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木臍
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| Taibus (Baochang)
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肚臍眼
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| Linhe
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肚臍
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| Jining
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肚摸臍
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| Hohhot
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肚麼臍臍
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| Baotou
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肚摸臍
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| Dongsheng
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肚臍兒
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| Haibowan
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肚部臍
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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腹臍
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| Jian'ou (Dikou)
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腹臍
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| Songxi
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腹臍
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| Zhenghe
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腹臍
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| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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腹鹵臍
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| Jianyang
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腹臍
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| Wuyishan
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腹臍
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| Pucheng (Shibei)
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腹臍
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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腹臍
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| Fuzhou (Changle)
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腹臍
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| Fuqing
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腹臍
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| Yongtai
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腹肚臍
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| Gutian
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腹臍
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| Fu'an
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腹臍
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| Ningde
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腹臍
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| Shouning
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腹臍
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| Zhouning
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腹臍
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| Fuding
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腹臍
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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肚臍空, 腹臍, 臍
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| Quanzhou
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腹臍, 臍
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| Jinjiang
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腹臍
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| Yongchun
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腹臍
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| Zhangzhou
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肚臍空, 肚臍甕仔, 臍
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| Taipei
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肚臍
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| New Taipei (Tamsui)
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肚臍
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| New Taipei (Pingxi)
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肚臍
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| Tainan
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肚臍
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| Kinmen
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肚臍
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| Penghu (Magong)
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肚臍
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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肚臍
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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腹臍
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| Zhangping (Yongfu)
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腹肚臍
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| Datian
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腹臍
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| Pingnan (Shangdu)
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肚臍
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| Chaozhou
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肚臍
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| Jieyang
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屎肚臍
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
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肚臍
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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肚臍
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| Haikou
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肚臍
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| Puxian Min
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Putian
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腹臍
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| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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腹臍
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| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
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腹臍
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| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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腹臍
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| Xianyou
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腹臍
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| Xianyou (Fengting)
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腹臍
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| Xianyou (Youyang)
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腹臍
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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肚臍
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| Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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肚臍眼
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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肚皮眼, 肚臍, 肚臍眼
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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肚皮子
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| Suzhou
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肚臍眼
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| Danyang
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肚臍眼, 肚皮眼
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| Hangzhou
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肚臍眼兒
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| Ningbo
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肚臍眼
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| Wenzhou
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肚臍窟, 肚臍丼
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| Jinhua
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肚臍, 肚臍窟窿
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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肚臍眼
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| Loudi
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肚臍眼
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| Hengyang
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肚臍眼
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| Quanzhou
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肚臍眼, 肚臍
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
臍
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𦜝)
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Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Might be a shift from, or cognate with 臍 (hozo, “navel”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
First cited to a text from 810 CE, around the Heian period.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
臍 • (heso)
- (anatomy) navel
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese 臍 (poso).[2][4][5][6] First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[5] Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pəsə.
Pronunciation
Noun
臍 • (hozo)
- (anatomy) navel
References
- ^ “臍”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 “臍・蔕・枘”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “臍”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 臍 (MC dzej).
Recorded as Middle Korean 쪵 (Yale: ccyey) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 졔 (cyey) (Yale: cyey) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
臍 (eumhun 배꼽 제 (baekkop je))
- hanja form? of 제 (“navel”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
