漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
腰: loins, hips
Also: waist, low wainscoting
JLPT N213 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
月 carries the meaning · 要 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 腰痛ようつうback pain
こしkoshi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 腰こしwaist
- 腰骨こしぼねhipbone, innominate bone
- 足腰あしこしlegs and loins
- 弱腰よわごしweak attitude
- 物腰ものごしmanner, demeanor
- 本腰ほんごしstrenuous effort, earnestness
- 腰掛けるこしかけるsit
- 腰掛けこしかけseat, bench
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 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 · yāo
Same form: 腰 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 腰 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 腰 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yāo 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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