脐
(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,895 U+8110
How 脐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 齐 (phonetic, qí)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 齐
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 齐 (qí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 齐 sound component | qí | even, uniform, of equal length |
| 剂 | jì | dose; medicine; measure word for medicines |
| 济 | jì | to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across |
| 挤 | jǐ | to squeeze, to push against; crowded |
| 侪 | chái | a class, a company; companion; together |
| 荠 | jì | water chestnut; water caltrop |
| 霁 | jì | to subside; to clear up after a storm; to stop being angry |
| 蛴 | qí | grubs, maggots |
| 跻 | jī | to ascend, to rise |
| 齑 | jī | to smash into pieces, to pulverize; hash |
| 哜 | jì | to sip |
| 鲚 | jì | anchovy |
Words containing 脐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 露脐装 | lòu qí zhuāng | crop top (clothing) |
| 肚脐眼 | dù qí yǎn | navel; belly button |
| 脐带 | qí dài | umbilical cord |
| 脐装 | qí zhuāng | crop top |
| 脐轮 | qí lún | manipūra or manipura, the solar plexus chakra 查克拉, residing in the upper abdomen |
| 种脐 | zhǒng qí | (botany) hilum; omphalodium |
| 瓜脐 | guā qí | the umbilicus of a melon |
| 噬脐莫及 | shì qí mò jí | (lit.) one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom); (fig.) too late for regrets |
| 肚脐 | dù qí | navel |
| 脐屎 | qí shǐ | newborn baby's excrement (meconium); belly button discharge (infection) |
| 脐梗 | qí gěng | umbilical cord |
| 脐橙 | qí chéng | navel orange |
| 腽肭脐 | wà nà qí | penis and testes of fur seal (used in TCM) |