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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 (15 words)

払い腰はらいごし

harai goshi (judo)

腰のあるコシのある

pleasantly chewy (esp. noodles)

腰長コシナガ

longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol)

腰巻きこしまき

loincloth

腰痛ようつう

lower back pain

lower back

腰元こしもと

chamber maid

腰湯こしゆ

sitz bath

腰掛けるこしかける

to sit (down)

腰骨こしぼね

hipbone

腰抜けこしぬけ

coward

ぎっくり腰ぎっくりごし

strained back

腰を下ろすこしをおろす

to sit down

腰折れこしおれ

bad poem

腰布こしぬの

loincloth

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