Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

1144 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings

Kunyomi: むね むな-

Onyomi: キョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にくづき

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

囲(きょうい)   chest measurement

中(きょうちゅう)   one's heart, one's mind

(どきょう)   bravery, grit

(むね)   breast, chest

元(むなもと)   breast, pit of stomach

Onyomi Examples

キョウブ chest, breast

キョウチュウ one's heart, one's mind, one's intentions

ホウキョウ full breasts, ample breasts, breast enlargement

ノウキョウ pyothorax

Kunyomi Examples

むね chest, breast, breasts, bosom, bust, heart, lungs, stomach, heart, mind, feelings

赤鶸 むねあかひわ Eurasian linnet (Carduelis cannabina)

りょうむね both sides of the chest, both breasts

はとむね pigeon chest (Pectus carinatum, deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum), pigeon breast, woman with big breasts, iron armor with protruding chest, curved front portion of a stirrup, curve at the base of a shamisen neck