Chinese Character 腰 Meanings and components.

Form

腰

Meaning

腰 meaning[3] in English

Waist.

Lower Back.

Pocket.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 腰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and to demand (要)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with BMWV

How to write 腰

To write腰yao1waist you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 要yao4to demand arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 要 = 腰

腰 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 腰 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 腰, looks as follow:

腰
Pinyin:yao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Waist . Lower Back . Pocket . Middle . Loins
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
要
Pinyin:yao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Demand . To Request . To Coerce
覀
Pinyin:xi1
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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