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The Chinese word 胃 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
wèi 1. stomach
2. gizzard of fowl
3. (zh-div, 宿) (Chinese astronomy) Stomach Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)

胃 ⇨ 田 + 月
Component Pinyin Meanings
tián 1. farmland
     (zh-co, 玉米 , a corn field)
2. field (area rich in mineral reserves)
     (zh-co, 油田, oil field)
3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田 (Ovaltine)
     (syn, zh, 華田)
     (zh-co, , iced Ovaltine, C)
4. (obsolete) (zh-alt-lb, 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate
5. (obsolete) (zh-alt-lb, 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt
      - Tian Han
6. paddy field; wet field
7. farmland in general; field
yuè 1. (literary or dialectal) moon
2. moon-shaped objects
3. (literary) moonlight
4. month
     (syn, zh, 月份, wuu:號頭)
5. monthly
     月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage
6. Variant of 肉
7. Variant of 夕
8. Variant of 明