Dong Chinese dictionary

qí

abdominal area of crab

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 齐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臍.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

齐 Sound component

qí

even

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

qí

abdominal area of crab; navel

Most common words with 脐

Sources