The kanji 腹: meaning, readings and stroke order

腹

Meaning: belly
On reading: フク fuku
Kun reading: はら hara
Strokes: 13
Radical: 肉 meat
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bụng (phúc)
Japanese: おなか。はら。
Korean: 배 (복)
Chinese: 肚子、腹部

Readings, words and example sentences

フク fuku · on reading · less common

腹ふく痛つう
stomachache
腹ふく痛つうで学校を休みました。
I stayed home from school with a stomachache.

はら hara · kun reading

腹はら
belly, stomach
走ったあとで 腹はらがすきました。
After running, I got hungry.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.