脇
- Meaning
- armpit the other way another place flank supporting role
- On reading
- キョウ
- Kun reading
- わき | わけ
- Nanori
- —
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 130
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT
- —
- Frequency
- 1806
Stroke order
Words using 脇
- 関脇 せきわけ — wrestler of the third highest rank
- 脇見 わきみ — looking aside
- 脇 わき — armpit
- 脇役 わきやく — supporting role (actor)
- 傍ら かたわら — side
- 口脇 くちわき — edges of the mouth
- 小脇 こわき — under one's arm
- 両脇 りょうわき — both sides
- 脇差 わきざし — wakizashi
- 脇腹 わきばら — side (of the torso)
- 腋毛 わきげ — underarm hair
- 脇戸 わきど — side door
- 脇目 わきめ — looking aside
- 脇息 きょうそく — armrest
- 脇道 わきみち — side road
- 脇に置く わきにおく — to lay aside
- 脇による わきによる — to stand aside
- 脇能 わきのう — minor piece in noh plays
- 脇の下 わきのした — armpit
- 脇見運転 わきみうんてん — looking aside while driving
- 右脇 みぎわき — right armpit
- 脇侍 わきじ — flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
- 脇寺 わきでら — sub-temple
- 床脇 とこわき — section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)
- 脇付 わきづけ — any of a number of respectful terms written after the addressee's name in a formal letter
- 脇芽 わきめ — axillary bud
- 脇机 わきづくえ — drawer unit (next to a desk)
- 脇目も振らず わきめもふらず — without looking aside
- 脇が甘い わきがあまい — poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip
- 脇明け わきあけ — robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom
- 脇柱 わきばしら — downstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself
- 脇句 わきく — second verse (in a linked series of poems)
- 脇座 わきざ — downstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated
- 脇正面 わきじょうめん — side seating (to stage right in noh)
- 胸脇 むなわき — sides of the chest
- 名脇役 めいわきやく — excellent supporting role
- 線路脇 せんろわき — ditch next to railway track
- 長脇差 ながわきざし — longer type of wakizashi (short sword)
- 道路脇 どうろわき — roadside
- 脇へそれる わきへそれる — to digress