Kanji Detail for 腋 - "armpit, underarm skin"

腋

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
腋 means "armpit, underarm skin."
1. Armpit - Under the arm.
2. Underarm skin - The skin of the armpit.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

armpit; side

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

armpit

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

armpit; (biology) axilla; (botany) axil; Taiwan pr. [yi4]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

armpit

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

The inner surface where the shoulder and arm meet. Hence a metaphor for a close place is 肘腋 (elbow and armpit). | The skin under a fox's limbs. Such as saying 集腋成裘 (many fox armpit furs make a robe). Now used for things combining small amounts into a whole.
Onyomi

eki(えき)

seki(せき)
Kunyomi

waki(わき)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

肉月 (niku・nikuzuki)
Related Keywords
armpit arm underarm skin