胃 – stomach, paunch, crop

9 strokesTaught in grade 6#1647 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 胃 means stomach, paunch, crop, craw. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イ (i). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イ	i

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・田.

Words using 胃

胃いstomach

Example sentences

食物は胃の中で消化される。

Food is digested in the stomach.

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Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

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