肚

肚 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月土 (BG), four-corner 7421₀, composition ⿰月土(GJK) or ⿰⺼土(HT))

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 974, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29270
• Dae Jaweon: page 1425, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2044, character 8
• Unihan data for U+809A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔl'aːʔ, *l'aːʔ) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 土 (OC *l̥ʰaːʔ, *l'aːʔ).

A post-classical word. Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-tjwa (“mouth; beak; food; stomach”), whence Tibetan ལྟོ་བ (lto ba, “stomach; belly”) (STEDT). Compare also Proto-Tai *dwuːŋꟲ (“belly”) (whence Thai ท้อง (tɔ́ɔng)) and Proto-Kam-Sui *luŋ² (“stomach”), as Middle Chinese shangsheng corresponds to foreign -ŋ in some words (Schuessler, 2007).

Some dialects have different pronunciations for the two senses, "abdomen; belly (of a human)" and "stomach (of an animal)", derived from two different readings in Middle Chinese that differed in the voicing of the initial consonant.

• In Mandarin, the pronunciation for the former sense derives from the 徒古切 reading in Middle Chinese (i.e. the reading with voiced initial /d/) and the pronunciation for the latter sense derives from the 當古切 (i.e. the reading with voiceless initial /t/) reading.
• In Min Nan, the pronunciation for the former sense derives from the 當古切 reading and the pronunciation for latter sense derives from the 徒古切 reading.
• Cantonese uses the same pronunciation for both senses, derived from the 徒古切 reading.
• Hakka also uses the same pronunciation for both senses, but it is instead derived from the 當古切 reading.

肚

1. belly; abdomen; bowels

   肚子  ―  dùzǐ  ―  abdomen; belly

2. bulge; protrusion
3. (Southern Min, Eastern Min) tripe; animal stomach (as food)
4. heart; mind

肚

1. (obsolete or Southern Min) belly; abdomen

   腹肚 [Hokkien]  ―  pak-tó͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  abdomen; belly

2. tripe; animal stomach (as food)

   牛肚  ―  niúdǔ  ―  tripe (cow stomach)

3. (Southern Min) bulge; protrusion

   跤後肚／跤后肚 [Hokkien]  ―  kha-āu-tó͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  calf of the leg

• “肚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

• Go-on: ず (zu)^{←づ (du, historical)}; つ (tsu)
• Kan-on: と (to)
• Kun: はら (hara, 肚)

• 肚(ず)脱(だつ) (zudatsu)

From Middle Chinese 肚 (MC duX|tuX).

肚(と) • (to) 

1. abdomen, belly

• 肚(と)裏(り) (tori)
• 魚(ぎょ)肚(と) (gyoto)

(The following entry is uncreated: 腹.)

肚 • (du) (hangeul 두, revised du, McCune–Reischauer tu, Yale twu)

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肚: Hán Nôm readings: đỗ

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