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Translingual
Han character
腰 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月一田女 (BMWV), four-corner 71244, composition ⿰月要(GJK) or ⿰⺼要(HTV))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 989, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29705
- Dae Jaweon: page 1441, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2094, character 5
- Unihan data for U+8170
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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腰
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*qew
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要
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*qew, *qews
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葽
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*qew, *qews, *qeːw, *qeːwʔ
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喓
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*qew
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闄
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*qewʔ
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偠
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*qeːwʔ
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騕
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*qeːwʔ
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婹
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*qeːwʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qew) : semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 要 (OC *qew, *qews).
Pronunciation
Note:
- io - vernacular;
- iau - literary.
Note:
- iê1 - Chaozhou;
- io1 - Shantou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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腰
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yāo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔjiew ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔew/
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English
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waist
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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腰
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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14747
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Phonetic component
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要
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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要
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Old Chinese
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/*qew/
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Definitions
腰
- (anatomy) waist; lower back; small of the back (Classifier: 條/条 c)
- waist of clothes
- kidney; edible animal kidney
- purse; pockets
- middle part
- a surname: Yao
Synonyms
- (waist): (regional) 腰子 (yāozi)
- (kidney):
Dialectal synonyms of
腎 (“kidney”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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腎, 腎水, 水藏
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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腎, 腎臟
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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腰子, 腎
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Taiwan
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腎, 腰子
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Harbin
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腎
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Singapore
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腎
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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腰子, 腎
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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腰子, 腎
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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腎
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Xi'an
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腎
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Xining
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腎
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Xuzhou
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腰子, 腎
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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腰子
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Lanzhou
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腰子
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Ürümqi
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腰子, 腎
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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腎臟, 腎
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Wuhan
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腰子
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Guiyang
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腰子
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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腰子
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Yangzhou
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腰子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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腎
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Hong Kong
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腎
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Dongguan
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腎
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Gan
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Lichuan
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腰子
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Pingxiang
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腰子
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Hakka
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Meixian
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腎
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Yudu
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腰子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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腰仔, 腎家
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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腰仔, 腎家
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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腰仔, 腎家
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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腰, 腎家
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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腰仔, 腎家
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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腰子
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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腰子
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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腰子, 腎
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Xinzhou
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腰子
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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腰仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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腰子, 腰心子, 腎
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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腰子
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Quanzhou
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腰子
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Zhangzhou
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腰子
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Taipei
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腰子
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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腰子
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Kaohsiung
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腰子
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Yilan
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腰子
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Changhua (Lukang)
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腰子
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Taichung
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腰子
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Tainan
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腰子
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Hsinchu
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腰子
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Kinmen
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腰子
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Penghu (Magong)
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腰子
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Penang (Hokkien)
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腰子
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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腰子
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Manila (Hokkien)
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腰子
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Jieyang
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腎
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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腎
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Haikou
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腎
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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腎
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Wu
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Shanghai
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腰子, 腎臟
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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腰子
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Suzhou
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腰子
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Danyang
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腰子
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Hangzhou
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腰子
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Ningbo
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腎, 腰子
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Jinhua
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腰子
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Jinhua (Tangxi)
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腰
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Xiang
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Loudi
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腰子
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Hengyang
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腰子
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Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Shinjitai
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腰
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Kyūjitai [1]
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腰󠄁 腰+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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腰󠄃 腰+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
腰
(Jōyō kanji)
- hips, loins, lower back
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 腰 – see the following entry.
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【こし】
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- the waist, the (lower) back, the small of the back
- (anatomy) the lumbar region
- the skirting of a shoji
- the third line of a waka or tanka poem (from the way that the next two lines are longer, similar to the way the body gets wider at the hips)
- (of food) chewiness; springiness
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(This term, 腰, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 腰 (MC 'jiew).
Pronunciation
Affix
腰 • (yō) ←えう (eu)?
- hips, loins, lower back
References
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 腰 (MC 'jiew). Recorded as Middle Korean 요 (yo) (Yale: yo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
腰 (eumhun 허리 요 (heori yo))
- hanja form? of 요 (“waist; hips”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
腰: Hán Nôm readings: yêu, ro, eo, oeo
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