脇 — armpit, the other way, another place

わき脇 armpit

わき

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.

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Meanings

armpit
the other way
another place
flank
supporting role

Readings

On'yomi: きょう kyou
Kun'yomi: わき waki

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 脇(わき) 役(やく) wakiyaku supporting role (actor) 脇(わき) 見(み) wakimi looking aside

Words by frequency and grade

3 words

Each dot is a word containing 脇: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 2 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

つき月 moon #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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