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  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' ending

    to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); to bite one's navel

    Idiomatic expression

    彼女は姑の気にさわるようなことを言わなければよかったと臍を噛んだ。
    She bitterly regretted having said something that displeased her mother-in-law.

Also written ほぞを噛む【ほぞをかむ】、臍を噬む【ほぞをかむ】

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Characters in this word

2
臍
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

navel

Kun
へそほぞ
On
セイサイ
Strokes
18
Radical
肉 meat

Built from

月齊刀氏廾
Words starting with 臍Words ending in 臍Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-4-14SKIP code
4b14.2The Kanji Dictionary
7022.3Four corner code
81cdUnicode hex code
1-71-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3829Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4887New Nelson (John Haig)
29967Morohashi
qi2Pinyin reading
jeKorean reading
噛
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chew, bite, gnaw

Kun
か.むか.じる
On
コウゴウ
Strokes
15
Frequency
2399 of 2500
Radical
口 mouth

Built from

口止歯米
Words starting with 噛Words ending in 噛Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-3-12SKIP code
3d15.2The Kanji Dictionary
6107.2Four corner code
565bUnicode hex code
1-19-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1012Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
888New Nelson (John Haig)
885Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2172Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2290Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4516XMorohashi
nie4Pinyin reading
gyoKorean reading