Chinese Character Wiki

腹

fù

stomach

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

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

复 sound component

复  Sound component

fù

  

return

Evolution

腹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
腹 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
腹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腹 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
腹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

腹  

fù

stomach, belly, abdomen; inside; abdomen; stomach; belly

Most common words with 腹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

腹

abdomen

腹部

abdomen

腹泻

diarrhea

腹腔

abdominal cavity

腹痛

bellyache

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p(r)uk

pjuwk

fù

belly


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.4346% of movies

2024th most common character in movies

1589th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+8179

Shuowen

“腹，厚也。从肉，复聲。”


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