yāo

腰

waist, lower back; middle; pocket

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Character facts

Radical
⺼
Parts
⺼ + 要
Structure
Left–right
Unicode
U+8170

Pictophonetic: flesh

Same radical ⺼
néng 能 liǎn 脸 jiǎo 脚 tuǐ 腿 bèi 背 zàng 脏 shèng 胜 pàng 胖
Same sound
yào 要 yào 药 yáo 摇 yǎo 咬 yáo 窑 yāo 邀
Also HSK 4
ér 而 què 却 wú 无 cǐ 此 ya 呀 chù 处 céng 曾 zì 自