漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
胸: bosom, breast
Also: chest, heart, feelings
JLPT N210 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
- 月meat(meaning)
- 匈(sound)
月 carries the meaning · 匈 gives the sound
10 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 胸囲きょういchest measurement
- 胸中きょうちゅうone's heart, one's mind
- 度胸どきょうbravery, grit
- 胸部きょうぶchest; breast
- 豊胸ほうきょうfull breasts; ample breasts
むねmune · kun'yomi · on its own
- 胸むねbreast, chest
むな-muna- · kun'yomi
- 胸元むなもとbreast, pit of stomach
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · 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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiōng
Same form: 胸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 胸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 胸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiōng 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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