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

18 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
collar, neck, lapel, one's inner feelings
Kun:
えり
On:
キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2030 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 襟懐 【キンカイ】 (one's) inner thoughts, feelings
  • 襟度 【キンド】 magnanimity, generosity, welcoming personality
  • 胸襟 【キョウキン】 one's heart
  • 開襟 【カイキン】 unbuttoning a collar, opening up (one's heart), open-necked shirt

Kun reading compounds

  • 襟 【えり】 collar, lapel, neckband, neck, nape of the neck, scruff of the neck
  • 襟巻き 【えりまき】 scarf (esp. one worn for warmth), muffler
  • 台襟 【だいえり】 neckband (of a shirt)
  • 掛け襟 【かけえり】 protective collar on kimono or bed clothes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
geum

Spanish

  • cuello
  • solapa
  • corazón
  • pensamiento

Portuguese

  • colarinho
  • pescoço
  • lapela

French

  • nuque
  • col
  • revers
1181 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1924 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4267 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1733 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1537 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1639 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1555 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1637 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1599 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
845 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34647 Morohashi
1252 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5504 New Nelson (John Haig)
1099 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1180 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1905 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
641 2001 Kanji
5e13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-13 SKIP code
3429.1 Four corner code
1-22-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
895f Unicode hex code