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Kanji Detail for 腰 - "waist"

腰

  • Meaning

    腰 means "waist." Also associated with key part, to wear.

    1. Waist - The part connecting the spine and pelvis.

    2. Key part - The important part of things; the essential point.

    3. To wear - To put on; to attach to the waist.

    4. Perseverance - The will to push through; endurance; persistence.

  • Words using 腰

    • 腰痛 ようつう Listen lower back pain; lumbago
    • 本腰 ほんごし Listen strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
    • 足腰 あしこし Listen legs and loins; lower body; foundations
    • 腰掛け こしかけ Listen seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

  • Tattoo check: 腰

    • Verified meaning: waist
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こし, こしさき, こしたか)
    • Also carries these associations: key part, to wear

    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.

  • Name readings of 腰

    Surnames 腰(こし)Listen 腰(こしさき)Listen 腰(こしたか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    loins; hips; waist; low wainscoting

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    waist; kidney

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    waist, lower back; middle; pocket

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

    Above the hip and below the ribs is the 腰 (waist). Such as saying 腰肢 (waist). Colloquially, the kidney is also called 腰子. | Where the middle of terrain narrows is called 腰. Such as 海腰 (sea strait), 地腰 (land isthmus), and such.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    koshi(こし) こし

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

  • Related Keywords

    waist key part to wear important hip back core essential lower body lumbar midsection pelvis posture

Sentences including 腰

  • He's been having trouble with back pain for years.

  • The water came up to his waist.

  • My back is killing me.

  • The water came up to my waist.

  • I think i'll stay put in this town for a while.

  • Please take this seat.

  • He sat down to read a novel.

  • I have a bad pain in my lower back.

  • She's been having trouble with back pain for years.

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