腰 – loins, hips, waist

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1306 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 腰 means loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こし (koshi). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	こし	koshi

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・女・西.

Words using 腰

腰こしlower back腰掛こしかけseat腰掛けこしかけseat腰掛けるこしかけるto sit (down)

Example sentences

腰に持病があります。

I have back problems.

Tatoeba #2302994

君が座っている腰掛けのペンキはまだ塗り立てだよ。

The paint on the seat on which you are sitting is still wet.

Tatoeba #178997

君が座っている腰掛けのペンキはまだ塗り立てだよ。

The paint on the seat on which you are sitting is still wet.

Tatoeba #178997

Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

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