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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

2212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: thigh, crotch

Kunyomi: また, もも

Onyomi: コ

Composition: 月 殳

股

Radical

Radical: 肉

Meaning: meat

Reading: にく

Frequency: 674

肉

Examples

Onyomi Examples

股間 (コカン) crotch, groin, area between the thighs

股関節 (コカンセツ) hip joint, coxa

控股 (コウコ) holdings, holding company

四股 (シコ) wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping

Kunyomi Examples

股 (また) groin, thigh, crotch, crutch, fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.), tines (of a fork)

跨る (またがる) to straddle, to sit astride, to mount, to extend over, to spread over, to span, to extend into

お股 (おまた) vulva, female genitals, female genital area

小股 (こまた) short steps, mincing stride, crotch, groin, thigh

腿 (もも) thigh

股白蝙蝠 (ももじろこうもり) big-footed myotis (Myotis macrodactylus), eastern long-fingered bat, Japanese large-footed bat

太もも (ふともも) thigh, buttocks, arse, ass, butt

外股 (そともも) outer thigh

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