Kanji Detail for 掖 - "tuck, assist, armpit"

掖

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
掖 means "tuck, assist, armpit."
1. Tuck - To hold under one's arm.
2. Assist - To help.
3. Armpit - The area under the arm.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

side (of body); carry under arm

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

support with the arms; stick in, tuck in; fold up

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to tuck, to fold; to support

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Same as 腋. Under the arm. Such as "The pelts of a thousand sheep are not as good as one fox's armpit." See (Records of the Grand Historian). | To support. Such as 誘掖. Leading in front is 誘; supporting at the side is 掖. | Things at the side are 掖. Such as the rooms beside the palace being 掖庭. The walls beside the hall being 掖垣. All taking the meaning of armpit.
Onyomi

eki(えき)
Kunyomi

tasu.keru(たすける)

waki(わき)

wakibasamu
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
tuck hold arm assist help armpit area