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腰
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

waist

HSK 4 N2
Human →Body →Body Parts
yāo
ヨウ
こし
요
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 要 represents the sound.
Components
⺼ meat (side)+ 要 want =
腰 waist
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
要 Phonetic component
yào want
necessary, essential
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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
Chinese
腰 [yāo]
waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins
Japanese
腰 こし 、 よう 同音

counter

  1. archaic counter for swords, hakama, obi, etc. worn around the waist
  2. archaic counter for quivers of arrows
腰 ごし 同音
n-suf posture; position; pose; attitude
腰 こし 、 コシ 同音

noun

  1. lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region
  2. body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring (usu. コシ)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
腰に持病があります。
I have back problems.
Japanese Names
腰 こし
Koshi surname
腰 こしさき
Koshisaki surname
腰 こしたか
Koshitaka surname
CHINESE WORDS (127)
腰带 [yāo​dài] #6,696
belt
腰带 [yāo​dài] #6,696
belt
腰部 [yāo​bù] #12,974
waist
弯腰 [wān​yāo] #11,909
to stoop
弯腰 [wān​yāo] #11,909
to stoop
腰包 [yāo​bāo] #18,068
waist purse (old)
腰椎 [yāo​zhuī] #24,348
lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)
腰围 [yāo​wéi] #29,062
waist measurement
腰围 [yāo​wéi] #29,062
waist measurement
后腰 [hòu​yāo] #45,350
lower back
117 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (125)
腰を下ろす [こしをおろす] #3,887
to sit down
⭐ 腰掛ける [こしかける] #4,368
to sit (down)
腰を浮かす [こしをうかす] #11,428
to half-rise to one's feet
⭐ 物腰 [ものごし] #12,480
manner
腰を上げる [こしをあげる] #12,549
to get up (from sitting)
腰を抜かす [こしをぬかす] #13,628
to dislocate one's back
⭐ 足腰 [あしこし] #17,375
legs and loins
腰が抜ける [こしがぬける] #18,058
to be unable to stand
腰を掛ける [こしをかける] #18,878
to sit down
丸腰 [まるごし] #19,309
unarmed
115 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
요통
backache; lumbago