Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
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

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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

12 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
Variants:
muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent
Kun:
すじ
On:
キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
744 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 筋 【キン】 muscle
  • 筋肉 【キンニク】 muscle
  • 心筋 【シンキン】 heart muscle, cardiac muscle, myocardium
  • 鉄筋 【テッキン】 rebar, (iron) reinforcing bar, reinforcing steel, reinforced concrete

Kun reading compounds

  • 筋 【すじ】 muscle, tendon, sinew, vein, artery, fiber, fibre, string, line, stripe, streak, reason, logic, plot, storyline, lineage, descent, school (e.g. of scholarship or arts), aptitude, talent, source (of information, etc.), circle, channel, well-informed person (in a transaction), logical move (in go, shogi, etc.), ninth vertical line, seam on a helmet, gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.), social position, status, on (a river, road, etc.), along, counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions, street (in Osaka), (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
  • 筋書き 【すじがき】 synopsis, outline, plot
  • 粗筋 【あらすじ】 outline, summary, argument
  • 売れ筋 【うれすじ】 popular line (of products), best-selling line, hot sellers

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • músculo
  • tendón
  • fibra
  • trama
  • argumento
  • linaje

Portuguese

  • músculo
  • tendão
  • nervo
  • fibra
  • desenho
  • plano
  • descendência

French

  • muscle
  • tendon
  • fibre
  • veine
  • intrigue
  • lignée
  • raison
854 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
843 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
713 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3395 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1137 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1603 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1090 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1141 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1059 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1476 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3319 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1719 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2337 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
950 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25994 Morohashi
2678 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4286 New Nelson (John Haig)
941 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1012 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
942 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2345 2001 Kanji
6f6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
8822.7 Four corner code
1-22-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b4b Unicode hex code