胃

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stomach

On-Yomi: イ

Elements:

stomach, rice field, brains, moon, month, flesh, part of the body

Heisig story:

You will need to refer back to frames 13 and 14 here for the special meaning of the two primitive elements that make up this character: flesh (part of the body) and brain. What the kanji says, if you look at it, is that the part of the body that keeps the brain in working order is the stomach. To keep the elements in proper order, when you write this kanji think of the brain as being "held up" by the flesh.

Koohii stories:

1) [brian44] 27-8-2007(321): The rice field is harvested once a month to get food for our stomach.

2) [johanvg] 21-7-2006(41): The stomach is the part of the body that digests food (which, in Japan, is mainly rice).

3) [Danieru] 16-6-2008(35): The stomach is the part of the body ( 月 ）that tells my brain ( 田 ) when to eat rice.

4) [gringozolano] 9-4-2008(30): The astronaut had an empty stomach because you can't grow rice on the moon.

5) [hazyjazy] 19-8-2008(27): A field of rice could fill my stomach for over a month.

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