Kanji

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: navel

Kunyomi: へそ ほぞ

Onyomi: セイ サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: meat

Examples

Onyomi Examples

セイカ lower abdomen

下丹田 セイカタンデン pit of the stomach

ゼイセイ bitter regret

膃肭 オットセイ fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus), Alaskan fur seal

サイタイ umbilical cord

帯血 サイタイケツ umbilical cord blood

Kunyomi Examples

へそ navel, belly button, protrusion or depression in the middle of an object, center, centre, most important part, main point

へそいのしし peccary

おへそ navel, belly button

へそ navel, belly button, protrusion or depression in the middle of an object, center, centre, most important part, main point

を固める ほぞをかためる to make up one's mind (to do something), to resolve firmly (to do something)