Kanji N2

腰: loins, hips, waist

腰 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning loins, hips, waist, written with 13 strokes. It is read ヨウ (on) and こし (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 腰 (こし, lower back) and 腰掛ける (こしかける, to sit).

腰

Meanings

  • loins
  • hips
  • waist
  • low wainscoting
Strokes13
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1306 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヨウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • こし

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 腰

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 腰こし

    lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region

    JLPT N3
  • 腰掛けるこしかける

    to sit (down)

    JLPT N2
  • 腰掛けこしかけ

    seat; bench

    JLPT N2
  • 腰痛ようつう

    lower back pain; lumbago

  • 足腰あしこし

    legs and loins; lower body

  • 本腰ほんごし

    strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness

  • 弱腰よわごし

    weak attitude

  • 物腰ものごし

    manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.