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X (BYX), four-corner 70223, composition ⿰⺼齊)

  1. abdominal area of a crab
  2. navel

References

  • KangXi: 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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). Cognate with Tibetan ལྟེ (lte, “navel”), Chepang तोय्‌ (“navel”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • châi - vernacular;
  • chê - literary.
Note:

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zei/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zei/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zɛj/
Li
Rong
/d͡zei/
Wang
Li
/d͡ziei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cai4
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

Synonyms

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

𦜝

Kyūjitai

臍

Kanji

臍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𦜝)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ざい (zai)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei)
  • Kun: へそ (heso, 臍); ほぞ (hozo, 臍)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
臍
へそ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Might be a shift from, or cognate with 臍 (hozo, “navel”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

First cited to a text from 810 CE, around the Heian period.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

臍(へそ) • (heso) 

  1. (anatomy) navel
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
臍
ほぞ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese 臍 (poso).[2][4][5][6] First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[5] Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pəsə. Cognate with Kikai 臍 (pusu, husu), Kunigami 臍 (husu, pusū), Miyako 臍 (pusu, pisu), Northern Amami-Oshima 臍 (husu), Okinawan 臍 (husu), Oki-No-Erabu 臍 (husu), Southern Amami-Oshima 臍 (husu), Toku-No-Shima 臍 (husyu), Yaeyama 臍 (pusu, puchu), Yonaguni 臍 (husu), and Yoron 臍 (pusu).

Might be cognate with 細い (hosoi, “slender, thin”), in reference to the thin size of a navel. Might also be cognate with Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəj (“navel”) and Middle Korean ᄇᆡᆺ복 (poyspwok, “navel”, Korean 배꼽 (baekkop, “navel”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

臍(ほぞ) • (hozo) 

  1. (anatomy) navel

References

  1. “臍”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  5. “臍・蔕・枘”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  6. “臍”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 臍 (MC d͡zei).

Recorded as Middle Korean 쪵 (Yale: ccyey) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 졔 (cyey) (Yale: cyey) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 臍 (eumhun 배꼽 제 (baekkop je))

  1. Hanja form? of 제 (“navel”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
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