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腋
yè
armpit
🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (flesh) provides meaning, 夜 provides pronunciation
HSK ✏️ 12 strokes Uncommon • Top 36%

Words Using 腋 (10)

腋下
yèxià
underarm / armpit
腋
yè
armpit / (biology) axilla / (botany) axil / Taiwan pr. <yì>
腋毛
yèmáo
armpit hair
腋臭
yèchòu
body odor / bromhidrosis / armpit odor / underarm stink / also called [[狐臭<húchòu>]]
腋芽
yèyá
axillary bud / bud growing from axil of plant
变生肘腋
biànshēngzhǒuyè
lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard
肘腋
zhǒuyè
lit. armpit / elbow and armpit / fig. right up close (to a disaster) / in one's backyard / on one's doorstep
集腋成裘
jíyèchéngqiú
many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle
腋生
yèshēng
axillary (botany) / budding in the angle between branch and stem
腋窝
yèwō
armpit