漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
股: thigh, crotch
N1 (our estimate)8 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
月 carries the meaning · 殳 is drawn in
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
またmata · kun'yomi · on its own
- 股またgroin; thigh; crotch
- 猿股さるまたundershorts
ももmomo · kun'yomi
- 股引ももひきclose fitting trousers; working trousers
Also read コ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side股 thigh · 殳
vs服 clothing · 𠬝In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gǔ
Same form: 股 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 股 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 股 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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