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Kanji Detail for 股 - "thigh, crotch"

股

  • Meaning

    股 means "thigh, crotch." Also associated with branch.

    1. Thigh - The upper part of the leg.

    2. Crotch - The area where legs meet.

    3. Branch - A division; a part.

  • Four-character idioms with 股

    • 二股膏薬 ふたまたこうやく Listen double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict
    • 内股膏薬 うちまたこうやく Listen double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver

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    • Verified meaning: thigh, crotch
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: branch

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mata(また) また

    momo(もも) もも

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

  • Related Keywords

    thigh crotch branch angle fork stride groin hips leg limb offshoot pelvis split straddle stretch

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