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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)

腰が低いこしがひくい

humble

腰の重いこしのおもい

slow to act

腰の軽いこしのかるい

cheerfully working

腰の強いこしのつよい

firm

腰の低いこしのひくい

humble

腰が軽いこしがかるい

cheerfully working

腰を上げるこしをあげる

to get up (from sitting)

腰細こしぼそ

narrow-waisted

腰を入れるこしをいれる

to take a solid stance

小腰をかがめるこごしをかがめる

to bow slightly

美腰びこし

slim waist

小腰こごし

waist

腰を落ち着けるこしをおちつける

to settle down

腰を抜かすこしをぬかす

to dislocate one's back

腰抜かすこしぬかす

to dislocate one's back

腰を浮かすこしをうかす

to half-rise to one's feet

腰掛け台こしかけだい

bench (i.e. for bathroom)

細腰鼓さいようこ

waisted drum

お腰おこし

buttocks

腰が引けるこしがひける

to get cold feet

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