腰
the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #875 U+8170
How 腰 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 要 (phonetic, yào)
How to remember it
waist · Heisig RSH #1255
part of the body + 要 want
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 要
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 要 (yào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 要 sound component | yào | essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand |
| 崾 | yǎo | a place name in Shanxi province |
Words containing 腰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白腰文鸟 | bái yāo wén niǎo | (bird species of China) white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata) |
| 黄腰太阳鸟 | huáng yāo tài yáng niǎo | (bird species of China) crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) |
| 点头哈腰 | diǎn tóu hā yāo | to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping; unctuous fawning |
| 转腰子 | zhuàn yāo zi | (coll.) to pace around nervously; to speak indirectly; to beat about the bush |
| 等腰三角形 | děng yāo sān jiǎo xíng | isosceles triangle |
| 半山腰 | bàn shān yāo | the mid-slope of a mountain |
| 半中腰 | bàn zhōng yāo | middle; halfway |
| 白腰雪雀 | bái yāo xuě què | (bird species of China) white-rumped snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii) |
| 小白腰雨燕 | xiǎo bái yāo yǔ yàn | (bird species of China) house swift (Apus nipalensis) |
| 腰子 | yāo zi | kidney |
| 为五斗米折腰 | wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo | (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from govern… |
| 山腰 | shān yāo | the mid-slope of a mountain |
| 下腰 | xià yāo | (gymnastics) to do a bridge; to do a crab |
| 腰间肉 | yāo jiān ròu | excess fat on the waist; love handles |
| 腰果鸡丁 | yāo guǒ jī dīng | chicken with cashew nuts |
| 后腰 | hòu yāo | lower back; (sports) defensive midfielder |
| 书腰 | shū yāo | (Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket) |
| 前腰 | qián yāo | (soccer) attacking midfield; attacking midfielder role |
| 腰身 | yāo shēn | waist; waistline |
| 腰金衣紫 | yāo jīn yī zǐ | golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position |