8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

thigh, crotch

Kun'yomi
  • crotch ②fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.)
  • thigh ②femoral
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

また 68.3%
29.8%
もも 1.9%

Character Breakdown

thigh, crotch
また コ もも (11th)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ また ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

crotch ②fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.)
nether region
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time ②bifurcation ③fence-sitting
inner thigh ②(walking) pigeon-toed ③uchimata (judo)
waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch)
spreading one's legs wide apart ②long stride ③thigh-scooping body drop
wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping
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References

Unicode hex code 80A1
JIS X 0208 1-24-52
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3739
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4772
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 881
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1093
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 785
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2454
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 764
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 615
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 29284
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1055
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4b4.8
Four corner code 7724.7