腰

腰 U+8170, 腰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8170 ← 腯 [U+816F] CJK Unified Ideographs 腱 → [U+8171]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

腰 (radical 130 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月一田女 (BMWV), four-corner 7124₄, composition ⿰⺼要)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 989, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29705
• Dae Jaweon: page 1441, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2094, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8170

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		腰

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (要) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
腰	*qew
要	*qew, *qews
葽	*qew, *qews, *qeːw, *qeːwʔ
喓	*qew
闄	*qewʔ
偠	*qeːwʔ
騕	*qeːwʔ
婹	*qeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qew): semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 要 (OC *qew, *qews).

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāo (yao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yêu
• Min Dong (BUC): iĕu
• Min Nan (POJ): io / iau
• Wu (Wiktionary): iau (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: yao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹
    • Yale: yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu¹
    • IPA: /i̯eu̯²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu¹
    • IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iĕu
    • IPA ^(key): /ieu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io / iau
    • Tâi-lô: io / iau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioy, iaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io⁴⁴/, /iaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³/, /iaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io⁴⁴/, /iaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴/, /iaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴/, /iaʊ⁴⁴/

Note:

• io - vernacular;
• iau - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: iau (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /iɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔiᴇu/▼

Rime
Character	腰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於霄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiaw/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛu/
Wang Li	/ĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*ʔew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qew/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	腰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yāo
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjiew ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔew/
English	waist
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腰
Reading #	1/1
No.	14747
Phonetic component	要
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	要
Old Chinese	/*qew/

DefinitionsEdit

腰

1. (anatomy) waist (Classifier: 條／条 c)
2. waist of clothes
3. kidney; edible animal kidney
4. purse; pockets
5. middle part

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 腰

• 𨉣腰
• 上腰
• 上腰包
• 下腰
• 主腰 (zhǔyāo)
• 五斗折腰
• 亞腰葫蘆／亚腰葫芦
• 仗腰子
• 伸懶腰／伸懒腰 (shēn lǎnyāo)
• 伸腰
• 割靴腰子
• 半中腰
• 半山腰 (bànshānyāo)
• 叉腰 (chāyāo)
• 吊腰 (diàoyāo)
• 哈腰 (hāyāo)
• 圍腰／围腰
• 壓腰／压腰 (yāyāo)
• 宮腰／宫腰
• 展腳舒腰／展脚舒腰
• 山腰 (shānyāo)
• 廊腰
• 弓腰
• 弓腰曲背
• 弔腰撒跨／吊腰撒跨
• 彎腰駝背／弯腰驼背
• 彪腹狼腰 (biāo fù láng yāo)
• 後腰／后腰
• 懶腰／懒腰 (lǎnyāo)
• 扠腰
• 扭腰
• 扭腰撒胯
• 扶腰
• 折腰 (zhéyāo)
• 折腰五斗
• 折腰升斗
• 折腰步
• 抱腰
• 拿腰
• 挺腰
• 挺腰子
• 捶腰
• 掂腳舒腰／掂脚舒腰
• 掏腰包
• 探腰
• 插腰 (chāyāo)
• 搭腰
• 摧眉折腰

• 撐腰／撑腰 (chēngyāo)
• 攔腰／拦腰
• 束腰 (shùyāo)
• 柳腰
• 楊柳腰／杨柳腰
• 楚腰
• 毛腰
• 水蛇腰
• 沈腰
• 沈腰潘鬢／沈腰潘鬓
• 流水腰
• 潘鬢沈腰／潘鬓沈腰
• 熊腰虎背
• 牛腰
• 白腰雨燕
• 等腰梯形
• 納胯挪腰／纳胯挪腰
• 細腰／细腰
• 細腰蜂／细腰蜂
• 綠腰／绿腰
• 繫腰／系腰
• 纖腰／纤腰
• 肉腰刀
• 背紫腰金
• 腰刀
• 腰包 (yāobāo)
• 腰圍／腰围 (yāowéi)
• 腰圓／腰圆
• 腰子 (yāozi)
• 腰封
• 腰巾
• 腰帶／腰带 (yāodài)
• 腰截
• 腰房
• 腰把子
• 腰斬／腰斩 (yāozhǎn)
• 腰板
• 腰板兒／腰板儿
• 腰板脖硬
• 腰果 (yāoguǒ)
• 腰桿子／腰杆子
• 腰棚
• 腰椎 (yāozhuī)
• 腰椎神經／腰椎神经
• 腰椎穿刺 (yāozhuī chuāncì)
• 腰機／腰机
• 腰櫃／腰柜
• 腰牌

• 腰痛 (yāotòng)
• 腰眼
• 腰窩兒／腰窝儿
• 腰站兒／腰站儿
• 腰粗氣豪／腰粗气豪
• 腰纏／腰缠 (yāochán)
• 腰纏萬貫／腰缠万贯
• 腰肌 (yāojī)
• 腰肢
• 腰胯
• 腰腿
• 腰舟
• 腰花
• 腰裡硬／腰里硬
• 腰褡子
• 腰襦
• 腰身
• 腰輿／腰舆
• 腰部 (yāobù)
• 腰金拖紫
• 腰金紫綬／腰金紫绶
• 腰金衣紫
• 腰鋪／腰铺
• 腰鍋／腰锅
• 腰門／腰门
• 腰頭硬／腰头硬
• 腰骨 (yāogǔ)
• 腰鼓 (yāogǔ)
• 自掏腰包
• 虎背熊腰
• 虎體熊腰／虎体熊腰 (hǔtǐxióngyāo)
• 虎體狼腰／虎体狼腰 (hǔ tǐ láng yāo)
• 蜂腰
• 蜂腰削背
• 蝦腰／虾腰
• 蠻腰／蛮腰
• 衣紫腰金
• 衣紫腰銀／衣紫腰银
• 衣紫腰黃／衣紫腰黄
• 褲腰／裤腰
• 賣腰的／卖腰的
• 轉腰子／转腰子
• 長腰／长腰
• 面薄腰纖／面薄腰纤
• 頂門腰軟／顶门腰软
• 點頭哈腰／点头哈腰
• 齊腰／齐腰

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

腰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. hips, loins, lower back

ReadingsEdit

• On (unclassified): よう (yō, Jōyō)
• Kun: こし (koshi, 腰, Jōyō)

NounEdit

腰 (hiragana こし, rōmaji koshi)

1. waist, the (lower) back, the small of the back
2. (anatomy) hip
3. the skirting of a shoji
4. the third line of a tanka poem

Derived termsEdit

• 腰掛 (こしか)ける (koshikakeru): sit down

See alsoEdit

• ヒップ (hippu)
• 胴 (どう)のくびれ (dō no kubire)
• 腰 (よう)部 (ぶ) (yōbu)
• 胴回 (どうまわ)り (dōmawari)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

腰 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

腰 (yêu, ro, eo, oeo)

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