Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

腹: abdomen, belly

Also: stomach

JLPT N313 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 复 gives the sound

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

フクfuku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 腹部ふくぶabdomen
  • 腹痛ふくつうstomach ache, abdominal pain
  • 腹心ふくしんconfidant, trusted friend
  • 満腹まんぷくfull, glutted [n.]
  • 空腹くうふくhunger
  • 切腹するせっぷくするcommit seppuku
  • 立腹するりっぷくするanger, get angry

はらhara · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 腹はらabdomen, belly, stomach
  • 腹違いはらちがいborn of a different mother [n.]
  • 腹を立てるはらをたてるtake offense, get angry [v.t.]
  • 腹が立つはらがたつtake offense, get angry [v.i.]

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
More in the 月 meat story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
月

Also built on meat (月)

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复

Also built on 复

腹 takes the 复 family's reading, フク (fuku).

Also read フク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
腹 abdomen · 月
vs復 restore · 彳
腹 has 月 where 復 has 彳.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fù

Same form: 腹 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
腹 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
腹 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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