Word and Radical Components of 胃

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
胃	wèi	1. stomach
		2. gizzard of fowl
		3. (Chinese astronomy) Stomach Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)

胃 ⇨ 田 + 月

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
田	tián	1. farmland
		一塊玉米田 - a corn field -
		2. field (area rich in mineral reserves)
		油田 - oil field -
		3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田, Ovaltine
		Synonyms: 華田
		凍田 - iced Ovaltine -
		4. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate
		5. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt
		田漢 - Tian Han
		6. paddy field; wet field
		7. farmland in general; field
月	yuè	1. (literary or dialectal) moon
		2. moon-shaped objects
		3. (literary) moonlight
		4. month
		Synonyms: 月份, wuu:號頭
		5. monthly
		月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage
		6. Variant of 肉
		7. Variant of 夕
		8. Variant of 明