脇 – armpit, the other way, another place

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1806 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 脇 means armpit, the other way, another place, flank, supporting role. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ (kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わき、わけ (waki, wake). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	わき	waki
Kun’yomi	わけ	wake

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・力.

Words using 脇

脇わきarmpit

Example sentences

彼がブリーフケースを脇に抱えてやってくるのが見えた。

I saw him coming with his briefcase under his arm.

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Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.