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肚

dǔ / dù
noun #5,383

Meanings

  1. 1 tripe (animal stomach used as food)

Examples

毛肚是麻辣火锅里必点的食材。
Máodǔ shì málà huǒguō lǐ bì diǎn de shí cái.
Tripe is an essential ingredient in a spicy hotpot.
这家店的爆猪肚特别脆。
Zhèjiā diàn de bào zhūdǔ tèbié cuì.
This restaurant's stir-fried pork tripe is especially crunchy.

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The dǔ reading is the culinary one: the stomach of a pig or cow served as food. It drives a whole menu of dishes, including 毛肚 (beef tripe for hotpot), 爆肚 (flash-boiled tripe), and 肚片 (sliced tripe). For the everyday belly/stomach sense, use the dù reading instead.

Components

radical
⺼ ròu
flesh; meat (left-side form ⺼)
Left flesh radical, graphically identical to 月 (moon) but historically the side-form of 肉 (flesh). Whenever it appears on the left of a body-related character it means flesh. Anchors 肚 in the body-organ family alongside 胃 (stomach), 肝 (liver), 脸 (face), 腰 (waist).
phonetic
土 tǔ
earth; soil
Right component supplies the sound: 土 tǔ shifted to dù through an Old Chinese sound change. Pure phonetic role; the earth meaning plays no part. Same phonetic in 吐 (spit), 杜 (block; surname), a tight tǔ/dù cluster around this shape.

Stroke Order

肚 dǔ