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胃 [wèi]
[ noun ]
1. The organ in humans and vertebrates that is responsible for digesting food.
(En. stomach)
- Examples: 胃脏 (stomach organ), 胃液 (gastric juice), 胃酸 (gastric acid), 胃口 (appetite, extended to mean interest or desire, pronounced lightly as "口").
2. Name of a star; one of the twenty-eight mansions (宿). This is the third of the seven mansions of the White Tiger, consisting of three stars (specifically, Aries 35, 39, and 41).
(En. name of a star)
- Origin: The character is pictographic, resembling a pouch-shaped digestive organ above and meat below, according to the small seal script form.
- References:
1. "疾在肠胃" from 韩非子 - "Disease lies in the intestines and stomach."
2. "在肠胃" - "In the intestines and stomach."
- Additional Examples:
- 重瓣胃 (double-petaled stomach),
- 胃疸 (in Chinese medicine refers to heat in the stomach),
- 胃气痛 (dialect term for stomach pain),
- 胃气 (in Chinese medicine refers to the physiological functions of the stomach and its essence; generally refers to stomach diseases).
3. Name of a star; one of the twenty-eight mansions (宿). This is the third of the seven mansions of the White Tiger, consisting of three stars (specifically, Aries 35, 39, and 41).
- Example: 胃维 (next to the stomach star).