Kanji
N2 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #1306

loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

meat niku

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

lower back pain; lumbago
strenuous effort; earnestness
weak attitude
manner; demeanour
unarmed; without weapons
lumbar vertebra; lumbar vertebrae
loins; hips

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

legs and loins; lower body
bent back
to sit (down)
seat; bench
collapsing in the middle of a bout
leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
overbearing; unstable wrestling stance

Example sentences

He's been having trouble with back pain for years.

I sometimes suffer from pain in my lower back.

That's me - the coward unable to screw up his courage and find out the truth.

I cannot help laughing at his odd manner.