The kanji 胸: meaning, readings and stroke order

胸

Meaning: chest
On reading: キョウ kyou
Kun reading: むね mune、むな* muna
Strokes: 10
Radical: 肉 meat
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngực (hung)
Japanese: むね。
Korean: 가슴 (흉)
Chinese: 胸、胸口

Readings, words and example sentences

キョウ kyou · on reading · less common

度ど胸きょう
courage, guts
度ど胸きょうがある人です。
He is a person with a lot of courage.

むね mune · kun reading

胸むね
chest, heart
走ったあと 胸むねがどきどきします。
After I run, my heart pounds.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.