Memory phrase for the Kanji: 腰


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Meaning waist, lower back, middle, loins

Pronunciation

yāo

Explanation

Left: body part /, right: need/request 要 (A handbag 覀/西 is, what women need.) [west 西 = Under the horizon the sun sinks at the sunset in the west.]

Mnemonic


 
(Asian women have less 'butt':) A body part of western 西 women is the waist.

Radicals

meatand body parts
西 westThis sign has a certain resemblance to the sun in combination with strokes that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west.
womanThe character for tall shows a person with outstretched arms . If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman . The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
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 Vocabulary

 腰部  yāo bù  waist; small of the back
 山腰  shān yāo  halfway up a mountain; lit. waist of mountain
 腰带  yāo dài  belt
 掏腰包  tāo yāo bāo  to pay; to foot the bill
 掏腰包  tāo yāo bāo  

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