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肚子

dùzi

belly; stomach

A child holding their belly
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Characters in this word

肚 dù

Strokes
7
Radical
⺼ — meat, flesh
Made of
⺼ meat, flesh 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 肚

子 zi

Strokes
3
Radical
子 — son, child
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 我肚子饿了。 Wǒ dù zi è le. I am hungry.
  • 肚子有点疼。 Dù zi yǒu diǎn téng. My stomach hurts a little.
  • 他摸摸肚子。 Tā mō mo dù zi. He pats his belly.

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