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Kanji Detail for 股 - "thigh, leg, branch"
股
- Meaning
股 means "thigh, leg, branch."
Thigh - The upper part of the leg.
Crotch - The area where legs meet.
Branch - A division; a part.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
thigh; crotch
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
thighs, haunches, rump; share
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
share, portion; thighs, haunches, rump
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The upper part of the leg. From the hip to the knee is called 股 (thigh). Colloquially also called 大腿. | The thigh is a part of the limbs. Any part of something is also called 股 (share). Such as a unit of troops is called 一股 (one unit). Several people jointly operating a business is called 合股 (joint venture). | 勾股. A mathematical term. A triangle containing a right angle was anciently called 勾股形 (Pythagorean triangle). The vertical and horizontal lines on either side of the right angle intersect at right angles. The horizontal is called 勾. The vertical is called 股.
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Sentences including 股
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私の尻をおろした所は少し小高い丘の上で、そのすぐ傍がホテルの裏口になっていたので、私の凝としている間に、大分多くの男が塩を浴びに出て来たが、いずれも胴と腕と股は出していなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そういう有様を目撃したばかりの私の眼には、猿股一つで済まして皆なの前に立っているこの西洋人がいかにも珍しく見えた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そうして聖柄の太刀に手をかけながら、大股に老婆の前へ歩みよった。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo