9 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

arch, fold arms

Kun'yomi
  • to fold (one's) arms ②to stand by and do nothing
  • to fold (one's) arms ②to stand by and do nothing
On'yomi
  • キョウ
  • コウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

コウ 50.0%
こまぬ 30.0%
キョウ 20.0%

Character Breakdown

arch, fold arms
コウ こまぬ.く キョウ (Kentei 1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

doing nothing (to help) ②bowing with one's hands locked together in front of one's chest (form of Chinese salute)
folding one's arms
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References

Unicode hex code 62F1
JIS X 0208 1-57-42
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1892
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2139
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11994
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c6.9
Four corner code 5408.1