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Stroke order
腰 is written in 13 strokes.

- 腰
Senses
- the waist and lower back
- (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)
- the waist of trousers or a skirt
- (metonym) money pouch; pocket
- (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
Related words
腰 is pronounced yāo and means “เอว”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 腰 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.