腰

ya̅o = y + ao1

waist / lower back / pocket / middle / loins

腰 = 月 + 要 : Maud Younger (y) is teaching the moon (月) how to dance in front of the aorta (ao1). She tells him again and again that he absolutely has to (要) use his hips (腰) more, as it is very important (要).

腰 character breakdown

腰
- 月
  - 二
    - 一
  - ⺆
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 要
  - 女
  - 覀
    - 一
    - 罒

月

yuè = yu + e4

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

月 = ⺆ + 二 : Yu the Great (yu) is modelling a moon (月) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He uses a stapler (⺆) to staple a lot of capacitors (二) together to form a moon shape, while the real moon is sitting for him.

要

ya̅o = y + ao1

to demand / to request / to coerce

要

yào = y + ao4

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

要 = 女 + 覀 : Bessie Coleman shows Maud Younger how to use a knuckle duster in the aorta's bathroom. She says it's very important and that Maud will have to get one herself.

要

ya̅o = y + ao1

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

要

yào = y + ao4

to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important

Characters with 腰 as component

腰 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 腰

淡

dàn

黄

黃

huáng

腰

ya̅o

柳

liǔ

莺

鶯

yi̅ng

(bird species of China) lemon-rumped warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)

为

為

wèi

五

wǔ

斗

dǒu

米

mǐ

折

zhé

腰

ya̅o

(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary

熊

xióng

腰

ya̅o

虎

hǔ

背

bèi

waist of a bear and back of a tiger / tough and stocky build

白

bái

腰