腹
腹·belly, stomach
- On-yomi
- フク
- Kun-yomi
- はら
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腹 | はら | belly, stomach |
| お腹 | おなか | stomach, tummy |
| 満腹 | まんぷく | being full |
| 腹痛 | ふくつう | stomach ache |
Example sentences
お腹がすきました。
おなかがすきました。
I'm hungry.
食べすぎて満腹です。
たべすぎてまんぷくです。
I ate too much and I'm stuffed.
腹が立ったけれど、何も言わなかった。
はらがたったけれど、なにもいわなかった。
I was angry, but I said nothing.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading お腹 as *おはら; the everyday word is おなか
- Taking 腹が立つ literally — it is the idiom for getting angry
Memory aid
Picture it
The flesh radical (月) plus a body part that fills up again and again — your belly.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- お腹おなかstomach, belly
- 腹はらbelly, stomach
- 腹が立つはらがたつto get angry
- お腹が空くおなかがすくto get hungry
- 腹痛ふくつうstomachache, abdominal pain
- 腹を探るはらをさぐるto probe someone's intentions; to sound out
- 腹を割るはらをわるto speak frankly; open one's heart
- 腹を決めるはらをきめるto make up one's mind
- 腹が黒いはらがくろいscheming; black-hearted
- 腹立たしいはらだたしいirritating, infuriating
- 腹を括るはらをくくるto brace oneself, to resolve
- 腹に据えかねるはらにすえかねるunable to tolerate
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