Kanji

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: heel

Kunyomi: かかと くび.す きび.す つ.ぐ

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: foot

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ショウコツ calcaneus, calcaneum, heel bone

延頸挙 エンケイキョショウ longing for someone or something, waiting for someone of great talent to arrive, stretching one's neck and standing on tiptoes

Kunyomi Examples

かかと heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

かかと落とし かかとおとし axe kick, ax kick

かかと heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

を返す きびすをかえす to turn on one's heel, to turn back, to return

かかと heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

を返す きびすをかえす to turn on one's heel, to turn back, to return