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腰yāo椎zhuī

  1. lumbar vertebra

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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腰
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

the waist and lower back, (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food), the waist of trousers or a skirt, (metonym) money pouch; pocket, (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)

Pinyin
yāo
Strokes
13
Frequency
7928 of 2500
Words starting with 腰Words ending in 腰Anywhere in a word
椎
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hammer; mallet (variant of 槌[chui2]), variant of 捶[chui2]

Pinyin
chuí
Strokes
12
Words starting with 椎Words ending in 椎Anywhere in a word