dù​nǎn

belly

belly

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

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
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
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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

nǎn (Cant.) fatty meat on a cow's belly

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

meat

Sound component
nán south

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnuːmʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang