漢字道KANJIDOβ

腋 — 12 strokes / Radical「月」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 12 strokes / Radical「月」
On
エキ・セキえき・せき · eki · seki
Kun
わきwaki
Meaning
the armpit

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Flesh 月 with 夜, night, as phonetic: the hollow beneath the shoulder.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 腋窩えきか

    the armpit

  • 腋臭わきが

    body odour

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

腋(わき)に汗(あせ)をかく。

They sweat under the arms.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

腋窩腋臭腋窩a holl…臭smell肛the an…肚the be…肭plump肬a wart胛the sh…炙to bro…拆to spl…奕genera…迹a trac…掖to sup…
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)