肚dù
belly; abdomen, bowels. 7 strokes, radical ⺼, first met in HSK 4.
Pinyin dùStrokes 7Radical ⺼Band HSK 4Words 1
How to write 肚
Strokes 1–4 write ⺼, then strokes 5–7 write 土.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 肚 · the stroke-order rules
What 肚 is made of
⺼ and 土 (tǔ, soil).
⺼ carries the meaning — flesh — and 土 carries the sound.
Words that use 肚
| 肚子 | belly 身体前面装食物的部位 调皮的孩子揉着饿扁的肚子。The mischievous child rubbed his belly, hungry and flat. Lesson 273, 市井百工与日常智识 · 邻里温情与冬景市声 · Winter Rhythms, Urban Transit & Neighborly Harmony |
Characters that share the sound part 土
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical ⺼
All 41 of them, and what the radical means, on the 月 radical page.