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腋
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armpit

HSK 10
Human →Body →Body Parts
yè
エキ、セキ
わき
액
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 夜 represents the sound. Originally written as 亦.
Components
⺼ meat (side)+ 夜 night =
腋 armpit
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
夜 Phonetic component
yè night
variant of 夜[yè]
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Notes
Similar Characters
媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肚 belly肛 anus肜 to sacrifice on肝 liver肟 an organic compound肠 emotions (simp)股 thigh肢 limb肤 superficial (simp)肩 shoulder肪 animal fat肫 the gizzard of a fowl
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
腋
Regular
Modern
Chinese
腋 [yè]
armpit; (biology) axilla; (botany) axil; Taiwan pr. [yì]
Japanese
脇 、 腋 (rare) 、 掖 (rare) わき 同音

noun

  1. armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
  2. beside; close to; near; by (also written as 傍, 側)
  3. aside; to the side; away; out of the way
  4. off-track; off-topic
  5. deuteragonist; supporting role (usu. written ワキ in Noh)
  6. abbrev. second verse (in a linked series of poems)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼がブリーフケースを脇に抱えてやってくるのが見えた。
I saw him coming with his briefcase under his arm.
CHINESE WORDS (11)
腋窝 [yè​wō] #18,548
armpit
腋窝 [yè​wō] #18,548
armpit
腋下 [yè​xià] #22,834
underarm
腋毛 [yè​máo] #33,291
armpit hair
腋臭 [yè​chòu] #46,282
body odor
腋芽 [yè​yá] #55,227
axillary bud
集腋成裘 [jí​yè​chéng​qiú] #58,146
many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big
肘腋 [zhǒu​yè] #65,252
lit. armpit
变生肘腋 [biàn​shēng​zhǒu​yè] #66,407
lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep
变生肘腋 [biàn​shēng​zhǒu​yè] #66,407
lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
⭐ 脇 [わき] #3,152
armpit
脇の下 [わきのした] #25,064
armpit
腋窩 [えきか] #106,546
armpit
腋臭 [わきが] #124,226
body odor (odour)
腋毛 [わきげ] #136,410
underarm hair
脇芽 [わきめ] #178,464
axillary bud
腋窩動脈 [えきかどうみゃく] #207,848
axillary artery
葉腋 [ようえき] #260,444
leaf axil
腋窩腺 [えきかせん] #312,963
axillary gland
千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず [せんきんのきゅうはいっこのえきにあらず]
to rule a country requires many great men
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