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股

thigh
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingコ
Kun readingまた、もも
JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. thighRtK
  2. crotch
  1. groin
  2. crutch
  3. fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.)

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · cruise missile · missile · wind (風) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 764

Compound words

猿股さるまた
undershorts
蟹股がにまた
bowlegs
股引ももひき
close fitting trousers
股肱ここう
one's right-hand man
股旅またたび
wandering life of a gambler
三股さんまた
forked stick
刺股さすまた
sasumata
小股こまた
short steps, small stride
大股おおまた
long stride, long steps
内股うちまた
inner thigh, pigeon-toed
二股ふたまた
fork, bifurcation
蟇股かえるまた
curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evokes an open-legged frog)
鈎股弦こうこげん
three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse)
股引きももひき
close fitting trousers
股間節こかんせつ
hip joint
股関節こかんせつ
hip joint
三つ股みつまた
three-pronged
小股掬いこまたすくい
over-thigh scooping body drop
内股膏薬うちまたこうやく
double-dealer
二股膏薬ふたまたこうやく
double-dealer
鈎股弦の定理こうこげんのていり
Pythagorean theorem
小股の切れ上がったこまたのきれあがった
(of a woman) slender and smartly shaped

Additional Examples

あの男の人、内股で歩いているよ。
That guy is walking pigeon-toed.tatoeba
あんな二股かける女なんか忘れたわ、ボケ。
Idiot, I've forgotten that two-timing bitch.tatoeba
彼女は内股だ。
She is pigeon-toed.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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