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腰

JLPT N2 13 strokes Frequency: #1306

Meanings

Loins, Hips, Waist, Low Wainscoting

Radicals

⺼

Decomposition

⿰⺼要

Etymology

Pictophonetic: flesh

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-to-bottom

2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal left-to-right

5 horizontal right-to-left

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 vertical top-to-bottom

9 vertical right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

12 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヨウ you

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

こし koshi

Words Using This Kanji

115 words total

Other (20 words)

bent back

seat

waist band

loins

slender hips

weak attitude

half-sitting posture

legs and loins

manner

strenuous effort

slim waist

preparing to flee

slow to act

collapsing in the middle of a bout

腰が強いこしがつよい

firm

襟腰えりこし

height of the neck

受け腰うけごし

stance adopted when prepared to catch an object

二枚腰にまいごし

posture in which the legs are firmly planted (in sumo and judo)

浮腰うきごし

wavering

丸腰まるごし

unarmed

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