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腰 = 月 + 要

腰 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “loins”. It is built from 月 (month) and 要 (need). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1731.

Keyword
loins
RTK frame
1731
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヨウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
чресла
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
腰 waist

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 要 need

How to find 腰 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “month” + “need”. 腰 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 腰 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.