# 臍

| 臍 | U+81CD, &#33229; 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 7022$_3$, composition ⿰⺼齊)
* abdominal area of a crab
* 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (qi$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji$^1$ / qi$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ci$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tei$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qi$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhì
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): qi$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): châ̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): sài
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): châi / chê
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zai$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zhi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zi$^4$ / zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cí
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ji$^1$ / qi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi / ki
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^4$
*** Yale: chìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: tei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰei²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: qi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhì
*** Hakka Romanization System: qi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: qi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: châ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sài
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* châi - vernacular;
* chê - literary.
* 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 | cai$^4$ |
* 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
* navel
    露臍裝／露脐装 ― lùqízhuāng ― crop top

#### Synonyms

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

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𦜝 |
| Kyūjitai | 臍 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𦜝)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

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

#### Compounds

* 膃肭臍(おっとせい) (ottosei, “fur seal”)
* 観念(かんねん)の臍(ほぞ)を固(かた)める (kannen no hozo o katameru)
* 臍炎(さいえん) (saien)
* 臍下(さいか) (saika)
* 臍窩(さいか) (saika)
* 臍下丹田(さいかたんでん) (saikatanden)
* 臍疝痛(さいせんつう) (saisentsū)
* 臍帯(さいたい) (saitai)
* 臍帯血(さいたいけつ) (saitaiketsu)
* 臍帯血移植(さいたいけついしょく) (saitaiketsuishoku)
* 臍囊(さいのう) (sainō)
* 臍(さい)ヘルニア (saiherunia)
* 麝香(じゃこう)の臍(ほぞ) (jakō no hozo)
* 臍下(せいか) (seika)
* 臍下丹田(せいかたんでん) (seikatanden)
* 噬臍(ぜいせい) (zeisei)
* 臍帯(せいたい) (seitai)
* 出臍(でべそ) (debeso)
* 臍猪(へそいのしし) (hesoinoshishi, “peccary”)
* 臍(へそ)が宿替(やどが)えする (heso ga yadogae suru)
* 臍土器(へそかわらけ) (hesokawarake)
* 臍柑(へそかん) (hesokan)
* 臍繰(へそく)り (hesokuri)
* 臍繰(へそく)り金(がね) (hesokurigane)
* 臍繰(へそく)る (hesokuru)
* 臍茶(へそちゃ) (hesocha)
* 臍(へそ)で茶(ちゃ)を沸(わ)かす (heso de cha o wakasu)
* 臍(へそ)の緒(お) (heso no o)
* 臍(へそ)の緒(お)を切(き)ってから (heso no o o kitte kara)
* 臍(へそ)の下(した) (heso no shita)
* 臍曲(へそま)がり (hesomagari)
* 臍(へそ)を曲(ま)げる (heso o mageru)
* 臍落(ほぞお)ち (hozōchi)
* 臍繰(ほぞく)り金(がね) (hozokurigane)
* 臍落(ほぞち) (hozochi)
* 臍(ほぞ)の緒(お) (hozo no o)
* 臍(ほぞ)を固(かた)める (hozo o katameru)
* 臍(ほぞ)を噬(か)む (hozo o kamu)
* 櫓臍(ろべそ) (robeso)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 臍
* へそ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 𦜝 (extended shinjitai)
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.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) へそ [hèsó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [he̞so̞]

#### Noun

臍(へそ) • (heso)
* (anatomy) navel

##### See also

* 腹(はら) (hara, “belly”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 臍
* ほぞ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 𦜝 (extended shinjitai)
From Old Japanese 臍 (poso). First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pəsə.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ほぞ [hóꜜzò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) ほぞ [hòzó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ho̞zo̞]

#### Noun

臍(ほぞ) • (hozo)
* (anatomy) navel

### References

* ↑ “臍”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 “臍・蔕・枘”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ “臍”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 臍 (MC dzej).
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))
* hanja form of 제 (“navel”)

#### Compounds

* 절제 (截臍, jeolje)
* 제대 (臍帶, jedae)
* 제염 (臍炎, jeyeom)

### References

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