脇 — armpit, the other way, another place

わき脇 armpit

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+8107 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1806 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #935 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

armpit
the other way
another place
flank
supporting role

word

わき waki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

脇(わき) waki side

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

つき月 month #74

劦 combined strength

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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