腽肭脐
wà​nà​qí

seal genitals

腽 wà fat Simplified

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

昷
昷 Sound component
wēn to feed a prisoner

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangquːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

肭 nà, nù fat

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

meat

内
内 Sound component
nèi inside

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrnuːd
nuːd
nuɡ

說文解字

朔而月見東方謂之縮肭。从月内聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

脐 qí abdominal area of crab Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 齐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臍.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

齐
齐 Sound component
qí even

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

膃 fat Traditional

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

囚
囚 Unknown component
qiú prisoner
皿
皿 Unknown component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

臍 abdominal area of crab Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon
齊
齊 Sound component
qí even, uniform

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzej[dz]ˤ[ə]jnavel
Zhengzhangzliːl
Unicodedzhei

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica