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脇

脇 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

armpit, the other way, another place, flank, supporting role

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウ
Kun (native)
  • わきJHS
  • わけ
Other languages
  • 拼音xie2
  • 한글hyeob
  • Hán-ViệtHiếp

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8107

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月劦

Words using this kanji

  • 脇わき人体及びその関連語。別用字:腋、掖 上記1.から派生する概念。別用字:側、傍armpit, under one's arm, side, flank
  • 脇役わきやく演劇などで主役を助ける役。supporting role (actor), minor role
  • 脇見わきみ「わきみ」の漢字表記。looking aside, looking away (e.g. while driving), looking the other way
  • 脇差わきざし「わきざし」の漢字表記。wakizashi
  • 脇腹わきばら「わきばら」の漢字表記。side (of the torso), flank, illegitimate child, child born by someone other than one's wife
  • 脇戸わきどside door
  • 脇目わきめ「わきめ」の漢字表記。looking aside, looking away, (from the) eyes of an onlooker, outsider's view
  • 脇息きょうそく床などに座る際に体の前や脇に置き、肘をかけたり、もたれかけたりする道具。ひじかけ。armrest
  • 脇道わきみちside road, byroad, digression (e.g. from argument)
  • 脇能わきのうminor piece in noh plays
  • 脇侍わきじ三尊仏で本尊である仏の両脇に侍して仏を助ける菩薩。脇士。flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
  • 脇寺わきでらsub-temple, affiliated temple
  • 脇付わきづけany of a number of respectful terms written after the addressee's name in a formal letter
  • 脇芽わきめaxillary bud, lateral bud, side shoots (e.g. of a tomato or broccoli plant), side buds
  • 脇机わきづくえ「わきづくえ」参照。drawer unit (next to a desk), return
  • 脇柱わきばしらdownstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself, doorjamb, jambe, jamb
  • 脇句わきくsecond verse (in a linked series of poems)
  • 脇座わきざdownstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated
  • 脇骨わきぼねrib
  • 脇立わきだてside-decoration elements on a traditional Japanese helmet

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-6
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7422.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b6.3
Heisig
935
Nelson
3765