股
thigh, crotch
Readings
On'yomi
- コ
Kun'yomi
- また
- もも
Meaning
股 centers on the upper leg and the area where the legs meet the body: the thigh and the crotch.
Most common words using 股
20 of 58- 股間こかん
crotch; groin; area between the thighs
- 股またN2
groin; thigh; crotch; crutch
- 股関節こかんせつ
hip joint; coxa
- 二股ふたまた
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing
- 素股すまた
bare thighs; inner thigh
- 内股うちまた
inner thigh; inside of the thigh
- 四股しこ
wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping
- 大股おおまた
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle
- 股下またした
inseam; inside leg
- 三股さんまた
forked stick
- 股引ももひき
close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants
- がに股がにまた
bowlegs; bandy legs
- お股おまた
vulva; female genitals; female genital area
- 二股かけるふたまたかける
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
- 二股をかけるふたまたをかける
to cheat (in a romantic relationship)
- 二股膏薬ふたまたこうやく
double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict
- 人工股関節じんこうこかんせつ
artificial hip; hip prosthesis
- 人工股関節手術じんこうこかんせつしゅじゅつ
artificial hip replacement surgery
- 先天性股関節脱臼せんてんせいこかんせつだっきゅう
congenital dislocation of the hip; developmental dysplasia of the hip
- 八股はっこ
eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)
Study
Etymology
股 combines ⺼ (flesh) with 殳, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to the thigh or upper leg.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⺼ is flesh, and the right side 殳 looks like a tool or weapon. Picture a warrior's thigh, strong and muscular, as the fleshy part that supports action.
Reading mnemonic
For コ, imagine a co-worker slapping their thigh while laughing: co -> コ, and the thigh is the fleshy part being slapped.