Kanji 胸: "bosom, breast, chest"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 胸

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 胸むねchest; breast · breasts; bosom; bust
• 胸むな元もとbreast; chest · pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
• 胸むねを張はるto throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
• 度ど胸きょうcourage; bravery; pluck; nerve
• 胸きょう中ちゅうone's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
• 胸むねの内うちwhat's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
• 胸むねを撫なで下おろすto be relieved; to feel relieved
• 胸むねが痛いたむto experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest · to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
• 胸むな板いたbreast; chest
• 胸きょう部ぶchest; breast
• 胸むな騒さわぎuneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
• いい度ど胸きょうsome nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")

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