肚
dùdǔ HSK4

belly

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 土 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

土
土 Sound component
tǔ earth

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttuXtˤaʔ belly, stomach
duXm-tˤaʔ belly

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart