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胃

Stomach
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingイ
  1. chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Synonyms

胃袋

Homonyms

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Radicals and components

Radical肉meat
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice field (田) · brains · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 29

Compound words

彼は胃ガンで死んだ。
He died of cancer of the stomach.tatoeba
彼がなぜ胃が痛いかはっきりしている。
It's obvious why his stomach hurts.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Stomach. 田 (a pouch of food) + 月 (body) — a food pouch inside the body.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 胃

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