股

See also 脵

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 肉 (“body”) + 殳 (“action”) – the hips as an active part of the body.

Han character

股 (radical 130 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月竹弓水 (BHNE), four-corner 7724₇)

1. thighs, haunches, rump
2. share

References

• KangXi: page 974, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29284
• Dae Jaweon: page 1426, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2051, character 7
• Unihan data for U+80A1

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Cantonese

Hanzi

股 (Yale gu2)

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Japanese

Kanji

股

Derived terms

• もも肉, 股肉, 腿肉 (ももにく, momo niku); the meat of the leg, round, ham
• 桃の花の香り (もものはなのかおり, momo no hana no kaori); fragrance of peach blossom
• 股引, 股引き, もも引き (ももひき, momo hiki); a close fitting trousers, working trousers

Readings

• On: こ (ko)
• Kun: また (mata), もも (momo)

Noun

股 (hiragana また, romaji mata)

1. (anatomy) crotch, the space between the thighs
2. fork in a tree, river, and so on

Alternative forms

• 胯
• 叉
• 俣

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Korean

Hanja

股 (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune-Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

股 (pinyin gǔ (gu3), Wade-Giles ku³)

Compounds

• 二股絃

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Vietnamese

Han character

股 (cổ, cỗ)