Entry
  1. Noun

    breast; chest

  2. pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

Also written 胸もと【むなもと】胸許【むなもと】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings

Kun
むねむな-
On
キョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1144 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 18

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4b6.9The Kanji Dictionary
7722.0Four corner code
3952deroo
80f8Unicode hex code
1-22-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3768Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4811New Nelson (John Haig)
951New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1187Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
647Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1491Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1604Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1085A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1347Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1149Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29442Morohashi
840A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1283Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1357Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
846Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
851henshall3
897Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1086Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1030Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1504Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiong1Pinyin reading
hyungKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲンガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちかはじめはるゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level