肚

belly

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,378 U+809A

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 土 (phonetic, tǔ)

components: ⺼土

belly · Heisig RSH #160

part of the body + 土 soil

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 土

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 土 (tǔ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
土 sound component	tǔ	soil, earth; items made of earth
杜	dù	to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname
吐	tǔ	to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
牡	mǔ	male animal; key, door bolt
坤	kūn	earth; feminine
墅	shù	villa, country house
芏	dù	Shichito matgrass
钍	tǔ	thorium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大肚子经济	dà dù zi jīng jì	"Pregnancy-oriented Economy", new market conditions brought about by a predicted baby boom…
把心放在肚子里	bǎ xīn fàng zài dù zi lǐ	(coll.) to be completely at ease
心知肚明	xīn zhī dù míng	to be well aware
大肚子	dà dù zi	pregnant; potbelly; big eater
一肚子	yī dù zi	bellyful (of sth); full of (sth)
拉肚子	lā dù zi	(coll.) to have diarrhea
鱼肚白	yú dù bái	fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky)
一肚皮	yī dù pí	bellyful (of sth); full of (sth)
人心隔肚皮	rén xīn gé dù pí	there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
将军肚子	jiāng jūn dù zi	beer belly (complimentary)
打掉门牙，往肚子里咽	dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn	lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom); fig. to…
罗汉肚	luó hàn dù	potbelly
笑破肚皮	xiào pò dù pí	to split one's sides laughing
小肚鸡肠	xiǎo dù jī cháng	lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded; petty
肚子	dù zi	belly; abdomen; stomach; CL:個\|个[ge4]
肚儿	dǔ r	erhua variant of 肚[du3]
害肚子	hài dù zi	upset stomach; stomachache
肚子痛	dù zi tòng	stomachache; bellyache
下肚	xià dù	to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
直肠直肚	zhí cháng zhí dù	frank and outspoken (idiom)