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腰

13 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
女 月 西
loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting
Kun:
こし
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1306 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 腰 【コシ】 counter for swords, hakama, obi, etc. worn around the waist, counter for quivers of arrows
  • 腰痛 【ヨウツウ】 lower back pain, lumbago
  • 細腰 【サイヨウ】 slender hips, slim waist
  • 柳腰 【ヤナギゴシ】 slim waist, slender figure, willowy figure, waist of a willow tree

Kun reading compounds

  • 腰 【こし】 lower back, waist, hips, lumbar region, body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), resilience, spring
  • 腰 【こし】 counter for swords, hakama, obi, etc. worn around the waist, counter for quivers of arrows
  • お腰 【おこし】 buttocks, lower back, waist, hips, kimono underskirt
  • 太刀二腰 【たちふたこし】 two swords

Readings

Japanese names:
うすぐ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao1
Korean:
yo

Spanish

  • caderas
  • cintura
  • anca
  • ijada
  • lomo

Portuguese

  • lombo
  • cadeiras
  • cintura
  • quadris

French

  • reins
  • hanche
  • taille
  • lambris à hauteur de taille
1879 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1168 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3799 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1009 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
851 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2090 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1298 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1373 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1087 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1041 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1311 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
711 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
952 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1619 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29705X Morohashi
1036 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4850 New Nelson (John Haig)
1605 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1731 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1633 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3969 2001 Kanji
4b9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
7124.4 Four corner code
1-25-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8170 Unicode hex code

椎

12 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
木 隹
Variants:
桘
chinquapin, mallet, spine
Kun:
つち、 う.つ
On:
ツイ、 スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1911 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 椎間板 【ツイカンバン】 intervertebral disk
  • 椎間孔狭窄 【ツイカンコウキョウサク】 vertebral canal stenosis
  • 脊椎 【セキツイ】 spine, vertebral column
  • 腰椎 【ヨウツイ】 lumbar vertebra, lumbar vertebrae

Kun reading compounds

  • 槌 【つち】 hammer, mallet, sledgehammer, gavel

Readings

Japanese names:
しい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhui1, chui2
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • roble
  • mazo

Portuguese

French

1314 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2296 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1629 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2116 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1748 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1249 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
679 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
905 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15024 Morohashi
2742 New Nelson (John Haig)
2505 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
597 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4091.4 Four corner code
1-36-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
690e Unicode hex code