What does kanji 腿 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 腿 is femur.

How is kanji 腿 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 腿 are もも; the onyomi readings are タイ.

What words use kanji 腿?

Example words that use kanji 腿 include 腿, もも肉, 腿口類, 腿骨.

Pre-Level 1

腿

Meaning

Kanji 腿

femur

femur, thigh

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: もも
Onyomi 音読み: タイ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 骽 (Itaiji) , 蹆 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 13
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 退 • 褪 • 煺 • 㾼 • 螁 • 蹆

Related vocabulary

Showing 24 common entries

Showing 24 of 24 entries that include this kanji.

腿

もも

femoral

もも肉

ももにく

leg (meat)

腿口類

たいこうるい

Merostomata (group comprising the sea scorpions and the horseshoe crabs)

腿骨

たいこつ

bones of the upper and lower leg

腿上げ

ももあげ

high knee (exercise drill where one brings one's knees up high while walking or running)

腿赤ノスリ

ももあかノスリ

Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

腿節

たいせつ

femur (in entomology)

大腿

だいたい

thigh

太もも

ふともも

thigh

下腿

かたい

lower leg

外股

そともも

outer thigh

上腿

じょうたい

thigh

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

山道を歩き続けて、腿が痛くなった。

After walking on the mountain path for so long, my thigh started to hurt.

彼は転んで腿を強く打った。

He fell and hit his thigh hard.

長時間座っていたら、腿がしびれてきた。

After sitting for a long time, my thigh started to go numb.

医者は腿の骨に異常がないか調べた。

The doctor checked whether there was anything wrong with the femur.

腿の筋肉を鍛えると走りやすくなる。

Training your thigh muscles makes running easier.