Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings
Kun:
むねむな-
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1144 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 胸部 【キョウブ】 chest, breast
  • 胸中 【キョウチュウ】 one's heart, one's mind, one's intentions
  • 豊胸 【ホウキョウ】 full breasts, ample breasts, breast enlargement
  • 開胸 【カイキョウ】 thoracotomy

Kun reading compounds

  • 胸 【むね】 chest, breast, breasts, bosom, bust, heart, lungs, stomach, heart, mind, feelings
  • 胸赤鶸 【むねあかひわ】 Eurasian linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
  • 両胸 【りょうむね】 both sides of the chest, both breasts
  • 鳩胸 【はとむね】 pigeon chest (deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum), pigeon breast, pectus carinatum, woman with big breasts, iron armor with protruding chest, curved front portion of a stirrup, curve at the base of a shamisen neck

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong1
Korean:
hyung

Spanish

  • pecho
  • corazón
  • sentimientos

Portuguese

  • seio
  • peito
  • tórax
  • coração
  • sentimentos

French

  • poitrine
  • seins
  • coeur
  • sentiments
851 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
840 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1085 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3768 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1149 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
846 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1347 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1283 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1357 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1086 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1030 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1187 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
647 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1504 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29442 Morohashi
951 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4811 New Nelson (John Haig)
1491 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1604 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
897 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3952 2001 Kanji
4b6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-22-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80f8 Unicode hex code

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light district
Kun:
くるわ
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1670 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 廓 【クルワ】 district, quarter, enclosure, area enclosed by earthwork, red-light district, wide and empty
  • 廓清 【カクセイ】 purification, cleaning up, purging
  • 外郭 【ガイカク】 outer fence, outer enclosure, outer block, outline, contour
  • 遊郭 【ユウカク】 (licensed) red light district

Kun reading compounds

  • 廓 【くるわ】 district, quarter, enclosure, area enclosed by earthwork, red-light district, wide and empty
  • 郭言葉 【くるわことば】 sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period), vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo1
Korean:
gwag

Spanish

  • cerco
  • recinto
  • fortificación

Portuguese

  • cercado
  • quarteirão
  • fortificação
  • bairro das prostitutas

French

  • enceinte
  • quartiers
  • fortifications
  • quartier chaud
1076 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1770 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4765 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1793 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1829 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1417 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1673 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1788 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1773 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
759 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2112 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1100 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1499 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1859 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39474 Morohashi
1678 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6144 New Nelson (John Haig)
1842 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1985 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1492 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2d7.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
1-8-2 SKIP code
1-7-2 SKIP code
1-7-3 SKIP code
0742.7 Four corner code
1-19-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90ed Unicode hex code