Onyomi: イ · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: craw, crop, paunch, stomach
Kanji for craw, crop, paunch, stomach
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胃 is formed from the character 田 on the top and the flesh/body radical 月 on the bottom. 田 represents a contained area or space, while 月 represents the body or flesh. Together, they show a contained space inside the body. From this structure, 胃 came to mean stomach.
胃 shows a contained space in the body, meaning stomach.
Think of a space or container (田) inside the body (月) where food is held and processed. That internal container is the stomach — 胃.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 胃 | い | stomach | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 胃痛 | いつう | stomach-ache, stomach pain, gastralgia | Noun |
| 胃袋 | いぶくろ | stomach | Noun |
| 胃がん | いがん | stomach cancer | Noun |
| 胃の腑 | いのふ | stomach | Noun |
| 胃薬 | いぐすり | stomach medicine | Noun |
| 胃腸薬 | いちょうやく | digestive medicine, medicine for the stomach and bowels | Noun |
| 胃炎 | いえん | gastritis, gastric catarrh | Noun |
| 胃潰瘍 | いかいよう | stomach ulcer, gastric ulcer | Noun |
| 胃腸 | いちょう | stomach and intestines, gastrointestinal tract, digestive organs | common Noun |