脐

qí

(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus

Radical: 月 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾胜脸腹

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Character Decomposition

脐=⺼+齐

Etymology

flesh

Meanings

(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus

(bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron

qí

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Words with 脐 36 total

umbilical cord脐带qí dài umbilical cord脐梗qí gěng the umbilicus of a melon瓜脐guā qí (botany) hilum; omphalodium种脐zhǒng qí navel肚脐dù qí newborn baby's excrement (meconium) · belly button discharge (infection)脐屎qí shǐ navel orange脐橙qí chéng crop top脐装qí zhuāng manipūra or manipura, the solar plexus chakra 查克拉, residing in the upper abdomen脐轮qí lún navel; belly button肚脐眼dù qí yǎn penis and testes of fur seal (used in TCM)腽肭脐wà nà qí crop top (clothing)露脐装lòu qí zhuāng (lit.) one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom) · (fig.) too late for regrets噬脐莫及shì qí mò jí

Idioms with 脐 3 total Chain

lit. how can one bite one's own navel? (idiom) · fig. it is too late to regret噬脐何及shì qí hé jí (lit.) one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom) · (fig.) too late for regrets噬脐莫及shì qí mò jí

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