臍

See also: 脐 and 𦜝

臍 U+81CD, 臍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81CD ← 臌 [U+81CC] CJK Unified Ideographs 臎 → [U+81CE]

Translingual

Traditional	臍
Shinjitai (extended)	𦜝
Simplified	脐

Han character

臍 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月卜難 (BYX), four-corner 7022₃, composition ⿰⺼齊)

1. abdominal area of a crab
2. navel

Derived characters

• 𫊖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 996, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29967
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2121, character 5
• Unihan data for U+81CD

Chinese

trad.		臍
simp.		脐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (齊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
儕	*zriːl
麡	*zriːl, *ʔsliːl, *zliːl
齋	*ʔsriːl
穧	*ʔsleds, *ʔsliːls, *zliːls
擠	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
躋	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
齏	*ʔsliːl
齎	*ʔsliːl, *ʔslil
櫅	*ʔsliːl
齌	*ʔsliːl, *sʰliːl, *zliːls
隮	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
賷	*ʔsliːl
虀	*ʔsliːl
濟	*ʔsliːlʔ, *ʔsliːls
癠	*ʔsliːlʔ, *zliːl, *zliːlʔ, *zliːls
霽	*ʔsliːls
齊	*zliːl, *zliːls
臍	*zliːl
蠐	*zliːl, *zlil
懠	*zliːl, *zliːls
薺	*zliːlʔ, *zlil
鱭	*zliːlʔ
嚌	*zliːls
劑	*zliːls, *ʔslel
齍	*ʔslil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zliːl): semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls).

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-taj (“navel; abdomen; centre; self”) (Weidert, 1987; Schuessler, 2007), with metathesis of *s-t- > *dz- (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ལྟེ (lte, “navel”), Chepang तोय् (“navel”), and more distantly, Burmese လယ် (lai, “center, middle”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji¹ / qi²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ci⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tei⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): qi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhì

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qi²

• Jin (Wiktionary): qi¹
• Northern Min (KCR): châ̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): sài
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): châi / chê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zai⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zi⁴ / zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ji¹ / qi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi / ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰei²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhì
    • Hakka Romanization System: qi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qi²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qi²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qi¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: châ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi / chê
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi / tsê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaai, zee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴/, /t͡se²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴/, /t͡se²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³/, /t͡se¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴/, /t͡se²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³/, /t͡se²³/

Note:

• châi - vernacular;
• chê - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhi
    • MiniDict: zhi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑi²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zi⁴ / zi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡si⁴⁵/, /t͡si¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/, /t͡ɕi¹³/
Note:
• zi4 - used in 肚臍;
• zi2 - used in 臍帶.

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• Middle Chinese: dzej

Rime
Character	臍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徂奚切
Baxter	dzej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zei/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zei/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɛj/
Li Rong	/d͡zei/
Wang Li	/d͡ziei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤ[ə]j/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zliːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	臍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ dzej ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁ[ə]j/
English	navel
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臍
Reading #	1/1
No.	10053
Phonetic component	齊
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	齊
Old Chinese	/*zliːl/

Definitions

臍

1. navel

   露臍裝／露脐装  ―  lùqízhuāng  ―  crop top

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 肚臍 (“navel; belly button”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		臍
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		肚臍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	肚臍兒, 肚臍眼兒
	Taiwan	肚臍, 肚臍眼
	Chengde	肚臍眼兒
	Ulanhot	肚臍眼
	Tongliao	肚臍眼
	Chifeng	肚臍兒, 肚臍眼兒, 肚臍子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	肚臍眼, 肚臍眼兒
	Heihe	肚臍眼兒, 肚臍兒
	Qiqihar	肚臍兒
	Harbin	肚臍眼兒, 肚臍兒, 肚臍子
	Jiamusi	肚臍眼兒, 肚臍兒, 肚臍子
	Baicheng	肚臍兒
	Changchun	肚臍子
	Tonghua	肚臍眼兒
	Shenyang	肚臍眼兒
	Jinzhou	肚臍兒, 肚臍子
	Malaysia	肚臍, 肚臍眼
	Singapore	肚臍
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	肚臍眼兒, 肚眼兒
	Tangshan	肚臍眼兒
	Cangzhou	肚臍兒, 肚臍子
	Baoding	肚脖臍
	Shijiazhuang	肚臍兒
	Lijin	脖臍, 脖臍眼兒
	Jinan	脖臍, 脖臍眼兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	肚臍子
	Dandong	肚臍, 肚臍眼兒
	Yantai	脖臍, 脖臍眼兒
	Yantai (Muping)	脖臍, 脖臍眼子
	Qingdao	肚臍眼兒, 脖臍眼兒
	Zhucheng	脖臍
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	肚臍兒, 肚目臍兒
	Lingbao	脖臍窪兒
	Jining	肚臍眼兒
	Wanrong	脖臍窩
	Linfen	脖臼窩兒
	Shangqiu	肚臍眼, 肚目臍兒
	Yuanyang	肚臍, 肚臍眼, 肚目臍子
	Zhengzhou	肚目臍兒
	Xinyang	肚目臍兒
	Baihe	肚目臍兒
	Xi'an	肚臍眼兒, 肚臍窩兒, 脖臍窩兒
	Baoji	脖臍眼
	Tianshui	脖臍眼
	Xining	脖臍眼
	Xuzhou	肚臍眼兒, 肚眼兒, 肚眼子, 肚臍兒, 肚臍
	Fuyang	肚臍子, 肚目臍子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	肚臍眼, 肚目臍臍
	Bayanhot	肚目臍臍
	Lanzhou	肚臍眼, 肚目臍
	Dunhuang	肚臍子
	Hami	肚臍眼
	Ürümqi	肚目臍子
	Jimsar	肚目臍子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	肚臍兒, 肚臍眼兒
	Nanchong	肚臍眼兒
	Dazhou	肚臍兒
	Hanyuan	肚臍兒
	Xichang	肚臍眼
	Zigong	肚臍眼兒
	Chongqing	肚臍眼兒
	Wuhan	肚臍眼
	Yichang	肚臍眼
	Xiangyang	肚目臍兒
	Tianmen	肚臍, 肚臍眼, 肚臍窩
	Guiyang	肚臍眼, 一分錢 humorous
	Zunyi	肚臍眼兒
	Bijie	肚臍眼
	Liping	肚臍眼
	Zhaotong	肚臍眼
	Dali	肚臍眼兒
	Kunming	肚臍眼兒
	Mengzi	肚臍眼兒
	Guilin	肚臍眼
	Liuzhou	肚臍眼, 肚臍
	Jishou	肚臍眼兒
	Changde	肚臍眼
	Hanzhong	脖臍窩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	肚臍兒, 肚臍眼兒, 肚子眼兒
	Yangzhou	肚臍子, 肚臍眼
	Lianyungang	肚臍子, 肚臍眼子
	Lianshui	肚臍子, 肚臍眼子
	Nantong	肚臍眼兒
	Anqing	肚臍眼, 肚臍兒, 肚眼兒
	Wuhu	肚臍眼子
	Hefei	肚目臍子
	Hong'an	肚臍, 肚臍眼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	肚臍, 肚臍窿
	Hong Kong	肚臍, 肚臍窿
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	肚臍
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	肚臍
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	肚臍
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	肚臍
	Macau	肚臍
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	肚臍
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	肚臍
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	肚臍
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	肚臍
	Foshan	肚臍
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	肚臍
	Foshan (Shunde)	肚臍
	Foshan (Sanshui)	肚臍
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	肚臍
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	肚臍
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	肚臍
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	肚臍
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	肚臍
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	肚臍
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	肚臍
	Taishan	肚臍
	Kaiping (Chikan)	肚臍
	Enping (Niujiang)	肚臍
	Heshan (Yayao)	肚臍
	Dongguan	屎肚臍, 肚臍, 屎卜臍
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	肚臍
	Qingyuan	肚臍
	Fogang	肚臍
	Yingde (Hanguang)	肚臍
	Yangshan	肚臍
	Lianshan (Butian)	肚臍
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	肚臍
	Shaoguan	肚臍
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	肚臍
	Renhua	肚臍
	Lechang	肚臍
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	肚臍
	Sihui	肚臍
	Guangning	肚拔
	Deqing	肚臍
	Huaiji	肚臍, 肚拔
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	肚臍
	Yunfu	肚臍
	Xinxing	肚臍
	Luoding	肚臍
	Xinyi	肚臍
	Lianjiang	肚臍
	Nanning	肚臍
	Wuzhou	肚臍
	Yulin	肚臍
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	肚臍
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	肚臍
Gan	Nanchang	肚臍眼
	Lichuan	肚胔眼
	Pingxiang	脖子眼, 肚絲眼
Hakka	Meixian	肚臍窟
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	肚臍
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	肚臍
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	肚臍
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	肚臍
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	肚臍
	Yudu	肚臍, 肚臍眼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	肚臍, 肚臍窟
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	肚臍
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	肚臍
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	肚臍
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	肚臍
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	肚臍
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	肚臍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	肚臍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	肚臍, 肚臍窟
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	肚臍
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	肚臍
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	肚臍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	肚臍, 肚臍窟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	肚臍, 肚臍窟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	肚臍, 肚臍窟
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	肚臍, 肚臍窟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	腹臍, 腹臍窟
	Hong Kong	肚臍
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	肚臍眼
	Senai (Huiyang)	肚臍
Huizhou	Jixi	肚臍
	Shexian	肚臍, 肚臍眼
Jin	Taiyuan	肚臍兒, 肚脖臍
	Yangyuan	肚臍, 肚脖臍兒
	Datong	肚臍, 肚肚臍兒
	Xinzhou	目臍
	Lüliang (Lishi)	脖臍
	Changzhi	肚脖臍眼兒
	Taibus (Baochang)	肚臍眼
	Linhe	肚臍, 肚脖臍, 肚目臍
	Jining	肚臍, 肚目臍
	Hohhot	肚目臍, 肚目臍臍
	Baotou	肚摸臍
	Dongsheng	肚臍兒
	Haibowan	肚部臍
	Erenhot	肚臍眼子, 肚目臍臍
	Pingshan	肚脖臍
	Zhangjiakou	肚臍眼兒
	Handan	肚臍眼
	Linzhou	肚脖臍
	Suide	脖臍兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	腹臍
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	腹臍
	Songxi	腹臍
	Zhenghe	腹臍
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	腹鹵臍
	Jianyang	腹臍
	Wuyishan	腹臍
	Pucheng (Shibei)	腹臍
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	腹臍
	Fuzhou (Changle)	腹臍
	Fuqing	腹臍
	Yongtai	腹肚臍
	Gutian	腹臍
	Fu'an	腹臍
	Ningde	腹臍
	Shouning	腹臍
	Zhouning	腹臍
	Fuding	腹臍
Southern Min	Xiamen	肚臍空, 腹臍, 臍
	Quanzhou	腹臍, 臍
	Jinjiang	腹臍
	Yongchun	腹臍
	Zhangzhou	肚臍空, 肚臍甕仔, 臍
	Zhao'an	肚臍
	Taipei	肚臍
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	肚臍
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	肚臍
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	肚臍
	Kaohsiung	肚臍
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	肚臍
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	腹臍
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	腹臍, 肚臍
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	肚臍
	Yilan (Luodong)	肚臍
	Yilan (Toucheng)	肚臍
	Changhua (Yongjing)	肚臍
	Tainan	肚臍
	Tainan (Anping)	肚臍
	Miaoli (Houlong)	肚臍
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	肚臍
	Kinmen	肚臍
	Penghu (Magong)	肚臍
	Penghu (Xiyu)	肚臍
	Penang (Hokkien)	肚臍
	Manila (Hokkien)	腹臍
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	腹肚臍
	Datian	腹臍
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	肚臍
	Chaozhou	肚臍
	Jieyang	屎肚臍
	Haifeng	肚臍
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	肚臍
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	肚臍
	Haikou	肚臍
Puxian Min	Putian	腹臍
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	腹臍
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	腹臍
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	腹臍
	Xianyou	腹臍
	Xianyou (Fengting)	腹臍
	Xianyou (Youyang)	腹臍
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	肚臍
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	肚鬢臍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	肚臍
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	肚臍眼
Wu	Shanghai	肚皮眼, 肚臍, 肚臍眼
	Shanghai (Chongming)	肚皮子
	Suzhou	肚臍眼
	Danyang	肚臍眼, 肚皮眼
	Hangzhou	肚臍眼兒
	Ningbo	肚臍眼
	Wenzhou	肚臍窟, 肚臍丼
	Jinhua	肚臍, 肚臍窟窿
Xiang	Changsha	肚臍眼
	Loudi	肚臍眼
	Hengyang	肚臍眼
	Quanzhou	肚臍眼, 肚臍

Compounds

• 噬臍 / 噬脐
• 噬臍何及 / 噬脐何及
• 噬臍無及 / 噬脐无及
• 噬臍莫及 / 噬脐莫及
• 團臍 / 团脐
• 尖臍 / 尖脐
• 燃臍 / 燃脐
• 肚臍 / 肚脐 (dùqí)
• 肚臍眼 / 肚脐眼 (dùqíyǎn)
• 腹臍 / 腹脐
• 膃肭臍 / 腽肭脐 (wànàqí)
• 臍屎 / 脐屎 (qíshǐ)
• 臍帶 / 脐带 (qídài)
• 臍帶繞頸 / 脐带绕颈 (qídài ràojǐng)
• 臍橙 / 脐橙 (qíchéng)
• 臍炎 / 脐炎 (qíyán)
• 臍疝 / 脐疝 (qíshàn)
• 臍裝 / 脐装
• 臍風 / 脐风
• 鍋臍灰 / 锅脐灰
• 露臍裝 / 露脐装 (lùqízhuāng)