Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb

    wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist)

    Slang

Also written 腰ばき【こしばき】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting

Kun
こし
On
ヨウ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1306 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 24

Built from

Used in names as

うすぐ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
4b9.3The Kanji Dictionary
7124.4Four corner code
3969deroo
8170Unicode hex code
1-25-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3799Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4850New Nelson (John Haig)
1036New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1311Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
711Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
952Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1605Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1731Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1168A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2090Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1009Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29705XMorohashi
1879A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1298Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1373Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
851Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1633Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1087Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1041Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1619Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao1Pinyin reading
yoKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani level
穿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

put on (to the feet), dig, pierce, drill

Kun
うが.つは.く
On
セン
Strokes
10
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
cave

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-3-7, 2-3-6SKIP code
3m7.10The Kanji Dictionary
3024.1Four corner code
7a7fUnicode hex code
1-32-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3323Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4198New Nelson (John Haig)
2251New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2800Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1941Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2616Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2661Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
25436Morohashi
chuan1Pinyin reading
cheonKorean reading